Review of It's a Love Cult taken from the
British magazine
Q #197 / December 2002.
In English. Sent in by Ove Wiksten.
MOTORPSYCHO
IT'S A LOVE CULT
Stickman Psychobabble 041
50:12 mins
Rating: 4 out of 6
It took Soundtrack Of Our Lives three albums to break out of Scandinavia; Motorpsycho co-founders Snah Ryan (vocals, guitar) and Bent Saether (bass, harmonies) have reached their 12th release without recognition beyond Norway. Trondheim's beloved psychedelic-pop trio mirror Soundtrack Of Our Lives' baroque intentions, but softened with '70s West Coast dreaminess and '60s bubblegum zippiness. Less kaftan rock, then, more a grown-up Supergrass. Even their retro shapes – Neverland is the song the Austin Powers soundtracks forgot – rip along fine, while Custer's Last Stand sweetens their thrashier origins. A jazzy, sun-fried This Otherness, however, is where Motorpsycho come into their own – not groundbreaking, but galvanising all the same.
Martin Aston
Burn this: This Otherness
Like this? Try this: Supergrass, Supergrass (Parlophone, 1999)
