The great thing about this feature is that we can never run out of bands. Well, that’s unless everyone turns rubbish all of a sudden. But we don’t think that’ll happen anytime soon.

That’s unless there’s a retro revival in the sound of Phil Collins and everyone makes slaphead drummer-influenced albums. Jesus, we hope not.

Sometimes a band has to spend years perfecting their craft before they get a break, or an entire batch of self-released records can be sold. Just because you don’t become an overnight sensation doesn’t mean you’re not destined for great things. We admit to not having known Into Flight three years ago, but we wish we bloody had.

It really seemed like some mystical forces didn’t want us to listen to Into Flight’s music. Songs wouldn’t load up and then they kept on freezing halfway bloody through. However we got there in end. Good things indeed come to those who wait.

We have been presented with four songs that are featured on the Heart and Head & A Small Good Thing E.P. One song, however, is only available on a very old release that may not see the light of the day but could be hidden away in a dusty record shop.

In the past we’ve looked at all sorts of fragile ambient numbers for you to listen to. As a general rule a lot the more calming music we hear is left without vocals. Mogwai, Boards Of Canada and Explosions In The Sky hardly feature any singing. More experimental artists like 65daysofstatic drop in the occasional well-placed samples, but original use of singing is usually mixed.

Do you see where were going with this? Of course you do, you’ve probably guessed that we like Into Flight an awful lot for being all clever with their instruments and sliding in vocals that wouldn’t be out of place on a plinky plonky indie song. However, they don’t sound like dull cuts cribbed from the first take in the studio. Someone somewhere took time and effort to make the recordings sound personal and different to generic guitar music that’s floating around everything.

People are slowly picking up on Into Flight, who spend their time drifting between London and Norwich. Bigwig people at the BBC who have much more street cred than us like them, so why shouldn’t you? There are far too many carbon copy indie bands trying to talk about random stuff like stone statues, water fountains and kites, all whilst trying to be ironic and making it relate to girls or booze.

Let the majestic sounds of Into Flight take you on a journey of twinkling guitars, rising melodies that sweep off in to the distance and a British sound that will see others desperately wanting to copy.

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