My abject despair, towards the end of 2024, at being informed that 'Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck', the debut LP by Flotation Toy Warning, had just turned 20 years old (20 bloody years!) was almost immediately quelled with news of an imminent anniversary reissue. Despite this exotic collection of melancholic, far-out pop songs being one of my favourite albums of.....well....., the past two decades apparently, I'd never actually owned a physical copy. For ten years or so it was only available on CD and the initial vinyl pressing in 2015 sold out in the blink of an eye. This time round a mere 500 copies were up for grabs and there was no way I was going to miss out again. If 'Donald Pleasance' tickles your fancy, head over to Flotation Toy Warning's Bandcamp page (here) to check out the rest of the album, particularly the frankly magnificent 'Popstar Researching Oblivion', which, at a smidgen over 6 minutes is sadly a little too short to qualify for this feature. Rules are rules.
The band's splendid follow up, 'The Machine That Made Us', arrived 13 years after their debut and the wait for album number three is now into its 8th year. Come on lads.
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