My first clue that Saint Paul psychedelic pop band Flin Flon Bombers were a “little different” was getting their review album for This Boat Runs On Happy Faces in the mail.
The band members (some of whom are from Saskatchewan, btw), hand glued the album to 45″ vinyl record and fashioned the artwork into a record sleeve. Then I gave the album a spin and found jovial toe-tappers, three-part harmonies and tons of song fragments — 14 of the 22 tracks are under two minutes. And in this case, “different” is great.
Check out two of the longer-running tracks here:
Flin Flon Bombers : “This Boat Runs on Happy Faces” (mp3)
Flin Flon Bombers : “The Ole Empire” (mp3)
UPDATE: See David’s HWTS review (and photos) here.
