Stare At Your Shoes-Experimental Aircraft-Blue Cream Sky

In my mind, I always confuse Austin, TX’s Experimental Aircraft with 80’s proto-shoegazers Flying Saucer Attack. Only because of the space theme, though, because their music is quite different. Unlike some groups of this genre, Experimental Aircraft places the vocals of frontwoman Rachel Staggs front and center as opposed to burying them in the mix. “Blue Cream Sky,” the opener from the group’s 1999 self-titled EP, is a nearly six minute odyssey of flanged guitar, steady drums, and cool vocals.