Floorian - More Fiend

All Music Guide

Floorian's second album wears its heart on its sleeve as much as it does with its punning name. The moody psychedelic false colors of the photo suggests the queasily pretty work enclosed as do songtitles like "The Lower Room" and the motto 'keep music evil.' Having established a serviceable bad acid trip sound on their debut, it's encouraging to hear the group taking more chances here on this mostly instrumental effort the slow, stretched out sections of the opening "Never Even" establishes an appropriately unsettled feeling which the band then explores in a variety of ways within their general aesthetic. Sometimes the sound is stripped down to almost pure suggestion, as on "Missed," more silence than sonics, while the ominous keyboards on "How Far, How Fast" suggest the Legendary Pink Dots as much as Pink Floyd. The most praise belongs to the concluding songs, though a sixpart effort (the initial letters of each song spell out 'séance,' which about sums it up), it moves from the th...oroughly unsettled to the exultant over its length, finding a stirring beauty as it continues. - Ned Raggett, All Music Guide Read more Less