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usually, plattentests is quite a good online-zine, but this is the shittiest review i read in a long time.
i’m listening to hmf for the first time now. WOW!!! very inspired and energetic. i am positively surprised by bent’s vocals especially, as they sounded like it was more of a duty than real fun recently. fellow’s back on track! concerning kenneth, i have to agree that there is a noticable shift towards the geb-style.
i am so buying both vinyl and cd! :MPD:
according to a very short review by kulturnews (quoted on the amazon-site) ms.hukkelberg is singing on 4 songs!
random order:
grizzly bear – veckatemist
pearl jam – backspacer
moderat – moderat
polvo – in prism
wilco – the album
manic street preachers – journal for plague lovers
future of the left – travels with myself and others
brendan canning – something for all of us
i’m also curious as fuck now, but i appreciate that non-prelistening policy. that sublime moment of putting a record on for the first time is just not the same if there had been some prior streaming of something.
agree, seems to be produced much better than the recent stuff. especially the vocals
it’s just one second, but did i spot some moog taurus on starhammer?
some prelistening snippets:
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/Motorpsycho-Heavy-Metal-Fruit/hnum/7955376
agreed, too much sound to process. the good thing is that mp won’t start too early and i’ll simply skip rotor then. for every other band i’m ok with openers, but if mp is playing, mp is playing!
i like the energy of kenneth, but i wouldn’t say he is the better drummer. geb did also pull off weird fills and complex stuff – he simply didn’t do it all the time. he always played exactly what served the songs best. i still prefer his style – it has an incredible mix of both lightness and power to it.
but of course, the new constellation also changed the structure of the songs. mp-songs have always been complex in a way. i would say that, back then, this complexity was achieved by putting together rather simple/traditional riffs/melodies, making them a unique, mindblowing entity. the reason why i am having some difficulties getting into a good share of the recent output is that they (imo) overdo weird time signatures and stuff, on account of their biggest asset – patiently building up suspense.
still, i like that they are trying to reinvent themselves and find a new sound, just as unique. Given the studio time, i assume that “HMF” will be the first real representation of who they are right now and i am looking forward to it.
two cents!
