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I decided to push beyond every limit this time, I want to risk everything with a review of one of the many experimental masterpieces by Motorpsycho, a very tough job!
Where should one begin to comment on Motorpsycho?
Where does their music start and where does it end?
The setting is Scandinavian, the fateful date is the year 1991, when this prodigious Norwegian band captured the attention of the entire music world.
Compared to all the greats of rock, from Nirvana to Kiss, from Black Sabbath to the Stones, they represent the best that Europe provided in the years when everyone's eyes and ears were on Seattle.
Today, 12 years later, Seattle is a distant memory, the American grunge scene has all but faded away, yet Motorpsycho is still there, continuing to amaze us with one beautiful CD after another, making experimentation their best virtue, earning awards and recognition everywhere.
However, except for Italy, they have never become so famous: consider instead the success achieved in a few years by Madrugada. They remain a humble and close-knit group of friends who, dreaming of coming to live in Italy someday, cultivate their precious creative vein on these thoughts.
This album flows with indescribable lightness, the title and the number of tracks no longer matter, what matters is only getting comfortable on the sofa, under a blanket, closing your eyes, and traveling with the music in their dreams, hoping that someday they can realize the greatest dream, and you with them.
In this surreal context, their music has no end, it is never satisfied with having tasted a bit of every existing sophisticated musical genre, it always wants to go beyond, driven by the splendor and genius of their previous works.
Even It’s a Love Cult, like all the other numerous EPs and almost yearly CDs, is at times very funky, at times very jazz, at times blues, punk, hardcore, hard rock, but always alternative and unclassifiable.
Their music is like this, either you love it and go crazily mad for it, or you don't like it and you never will.
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The review praises Motorpsycho's 'It's a Love Cult' as an experimental masterpiece that defies easy classification. Highlighting the band's Scandinavian roots and continuous creative evolution since 1991, it celebrates their unique blend of rock, jazz, punk, and more. The album is depicted as an immersive, dreamlike experience that rewards patient listeners. Despite widespread acclaim, Motorpsycho remains a humble, cult favorite mostly outside Italy.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
08 Serpentine (05:16)
Serpentine
Reeling offbeat on the all time high
pushing enveloped detoured rollercoaster rides
took a night to remember and a day to forget
we never bothered talking...
strolling zigzag and around the bends
put all trust in lucky charms,beginning with the end
I called up a candlelit romance and read
still I couldn't get it...
last time we deviated,raving about it,
we had no second thoughts
I spent a lifetime finding out how you move
crooked constellations -
serpentine,serpentine
outta sight,outta mind
counting numbers,days and weeks go by
find no reason to retrieve,no matter how I try
crystalline your voice resounds in my head
I am all addicted....
last time we deviated,raving about it,
we had no second thoughts
I spent a lifetime finding out how you move
crooked constellations -
serpentine,serpentine
outta sight,outta mind
zigzag and around the bends
there and back without an end
still your song resounds!
last time we deviated,raving about it,
we had no second thoughts
I spent a lifetime finding out how you move
last time we deviated,raving about it,
we had no second thoughts
I spent a lifetime finding out how you move
crooked constellations -
serpentine,serpentine
outta sight,outta mind
Motorpsycho
Motorpsycho are a Norwegian rock band from Trondheim, active since 1989, known for a prolific, genre-crossing discography and intense live shows.34 Reviews
