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Flotation Toy Warning

Flotation Toy Warning is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Flaming Lips, The Unicorns, Mercury Rev, Air and Grandaddy. Those roots explain a lot about how Flotation Toy Warning arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Electrelane, Animal Collective, Lift to Experience, The American Analog Set and Mojave 3, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Flotation Toy Warning, reaching back through The Flaming Lips. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Flotation Toy Warning is an English indie rock band from London, UK formed in 2001. The band is made up of frontman and lead vocalist Paul Carter, guitar and bass guitar players Ben Clay and Nainesh Shah, drummer Steve Swindon, and keyboardist Vicky West. Flotation Toy Warning's debut album, Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck, was released in September 2004 on the London-based Pointy Records to critical acclaim.

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Flotation Toy WarningThe Flaming LipsThe UnicornsMercury RevAirGrandaddySparklehorseElectrelaneAnimal CollectiveLift to ExperienceThe American Analog …Mojave 3Coma CinemaYo La TengoRacing Mount Pleasant

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Flotation Toy Warning grew out of The Flaming Lips, The Unicorns, Mercury Rev and Air, shares an orbit with Electrelane, Animal Collective, Lift to Experience and The American Analog Set. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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