Oxford’s Nightshift wrote of Endings, “Anyone who has caught the band live will know they can be truly transcendental.”
The Line Of Best Fit blog made Cartographer their Song Of The Day.
Gideon Coe, Steve Lamacq (BBC 6 Music) and Simon Raymonde (Amazing Radio / Bella Union) played singles from Endings.
God Is In The TV: “there’s an enduring personal quality scorched onto these shape-shifting songs, framed by a musical grandeur that echoes the more expansive works ofRadiohead or Pink Floyd.”
Monolith Cocktail: “A space pop indie band with metaphysical intentions dreaming big”, referencing Arcade Fire, Klaxons, Radiohead and Depeche Mode.
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Latest release: ‘Magpie / Beast’
October 2018 double A-side single featuring ‘Magpie’ chosen by Steve Lamacq for his BBC 6 Music Recommends playlist and ‘Beast’ played by Don Letts on his 6 Music show Culture Clash Radio. Available on Spotify, Apple Music etc and download from Bandcamp.
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flights of who?
Helios is the sun god in Greek mythology. It was also an prototype solar-powered stratospheric craft built by NASA. Both stories feature headstrong experimentation and heroic risk-taking and we try to live up to their name.
Flights of Helios have featured on/at Glastonbury Festival (BBC Introducing), Wilderness Festival, Truck Festival, Artrocker New Blood, BBC 6 Music (Steve Lamaqc, Gideon Coe, Don Letts, Nemone), Radio X (John Kennedy), Amazing Radio (Simon Raymonde), Pitt Rivers Museum, Ashmolean Museum, Creation Theatre…
Hour-plus live score for the oldest surviving full-length animated feature film‘The Adventures of Prince Achmed’ (collaboration with University of Oxford & ASPIRE Arts Council Innovation Fund)
