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Motorpsycho. They chose this name after watching the homonymous film by Russ Meyer, but in the end, it turned out to be a perfect choice for their style, made of harsh, assertive sounds (Motor), fused with more visionary and dreamy moments (Psycho).
This is their second date with a double album, and we immediately discover the surprising evolution of the band in tracks where the aggressiveness of "Demon Box" gives way at least partially to melancholy, to a voice more melodic than screamed, the production still vaguely lo-fi, but in the end, this is not a problem. In this album, in fact, there is everything you could ask for from a rock band: psychedelia, progressive, melody, aggressiveness, interesting and brilliant insights. Indeed, in my opinion, it is even their best work ever, surpassed perhaps, and I emphasize perhaps, only by "Trust Us".
CD1
Moving on to the various tracks, the first is the delicate "Feel", in which the whispered voice is supported only by acoustic and violins, yet the real album begins with "Trapdoor", where a wide use of instruments that seemed to be ignored until then is immediately evident: piano and keyboards. There is also a clear greater use of solos of the various instruments and a bass that at times seems like a guitar. The album continues in the same vein with "Leave It Like That", and with the beautiful "A Shrug & Fistful" (I hope it's spelled like that), made of moments of calm interrupted by powerful guitar, drum, and bass strokes, and a rhythm that almost makes you dance.
However, the best of the first CD comes now: "Kill Some Day" is a perfect example of hard rock fused with psychedelia, and endowed with a surprising finale. Then come two catchy songs like "On My Pillow" and "Beautiful Sister", which seem a bit out of tune with the rest but are also amazing. "Wearing Yr Smell" brings us back to the more aggressive atmospheres of the album, and serves as a counterpoint to "Now It's Time To Skate", a beautiful ballad supported by celestial piano notes without missing the usual hard rock finale.
The two final songs are the most experimental: "Giftland", about 10 minutes long, is of an almost depressing gloom, but at the same time, it is a mental journey in an unknown and treacherous land, while "Watersound" starts like "It's Time To Skate" and then concludes with resounding guitars just to finish in style.
CD2
Preparing to tackle the second CD hoping to find the same emotions as the first, we realize that it is composed of only 4 songs. If the first part was great, this quartet is something more: it is exceptional!
The first song in order is "The Wheel", supported by a few chords and with various musical improvisations and sung parts in between, just enough to take us on a stunning dimensional journey (live it is something indescribable) that ends at 17 minutes to catch our breath with the ballad "Sungravy", where you can also see a certain skill in the group's lyrics. "Grindstone" takes us back to the times of "Demon Box", to please the old fans, anyway, I don't love it much, too shouted and hard to digest but our Norwegian friends are forgiven, oh yes, with "The Golden Core", one of those few songs that really touch my soul, to be listened to at sunset, lost in one's thoughts, letting oneself be lulled by the sweet initial notes and overwhelmed by the final climax, with epic choirs.
Everything ends even if we wish this album would last forever, and at this point, if the trio had already said everything, they would have given history a masterpiece as unknown as it is incredible. Fortunately, it is not so, they will evolve further, starting with the next "Blissard".
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Feel (03:26)
So now you’ve found all the letters that you wrote
they look kinda silly now
it’s such a lucky strike that you never even mailed them.
they’ll never catch you,there’s no evidence or proof
avoidance is foolproof
she’ll never know just what she missed
It feels so good to feel again
those heavies laughing can laugh themselves to death
they never figured it
they never saw it like you did
so sweet,so soft,so shure,so scary,
and in the end it’ll all be forgotten in a month
It feels so good to feel again
03 Leave It Like That (03:33)
They all look the same when their dreams unfold
endless clutching at straws that will never hold
all the pain and the weight of the world-
there’s no way to look any other way
that rage I can understand
there’s no book of rules and no masterplan
just «facts» that will change overnight
and no way to look any other way
skin deep,potentially grand
left alone it will grow ‘till it’s outta hand-
outta sight and outta mind
there’s no way to look any other way
Leave it like that (x4)
don’t take my guilt on,that’s only mine to bear:
just do your thing,
cos you’re the only one that really cares
and leave it like that......
04 A Shrug & A Fistful (03:14)
Senseless I’m soaring elevated off of my cloud
flying, I’m catervauling
a spring/snap kinda loud
don’t fuck me over again
don’t fuck me over, my friend
a shrug and a fistful later, down on all fours again
to beat me black’n’blue won’t prove a thing, she said
don’t fuck me over again
don’t fuck me over, my friend
you know a shrug and a fistful will teach even angels to hate
11 Watersound (05:11)
You dove and you float
in the afterglow
the night felt so right
let you go
breathing light
breaking light
who would’ve thought that I could see you like this
you never told me ‘bout the sights that I’ve missed
now you’re everywhere
damn all your faults,I can’t see them no more
you bled right open,I can see to your core
and it’s beautiful
shut down shut up
twisted round
breathe in breathe out
like watersound
breathing light
breaking light
relief is painted on the eyes that I see
you changed your face before looking at me
now I’m scared to death
my vision blurred, now I can’t see what’s right
like counting stars on an Aurora night-
it don’t matter much.....
you’re faceless anyhow
leaving them to comprehend
you tie a rope to the eternal blue.......
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By EatherSun
I believe it is one of the most perfect albums I have ever listened to, here is everything I look for in a band.
Long live Motorpsycho!
