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Second impressions after listenening to the whole thing twice today:
Psychotzar is a really great heavy track, albeit a little bit too long. I would have done without the last prog movement – it dilutes the character of the piece a little. Nevertheless – great one! The gong and all the other pomp fully in place on that one, given the theme of the song.
Lux Aeterna really grew on me – still not the shivering down the spine I felt when listening to the first live recordings, but a wonderful song, if a little bit too long (same as above).
That brings me once again to Side II: What a monster! Probably the best long song MP wrote after Un Chien (if you consider Year Zero and Lacuna Sunrise middle length numbers – in MP terms at least). Complicated and rather simplistic at the same time! Bents bass riffs save the composition from being overtly proggy. Great great guitar playing. Same for the drums – Bent and Tomas make a fantastic rhythm group these days. Not too many musical themes to distract you (like for example on "Gullible's Travails", where the composition really leads nowhere imho). Clever repetition of themes towards the end. Quite Lark's Toungs at first listen, but much friendlier and quite playful. Can't wait to hear that thing live – probably I'll skip waiting for Cologne in autumn and get myself a Wiesbaden ticket in addition.
Crucible arrived this morning. After first play I'm also still lukewarm – but it will probably get hotter every turn. Psychotzar – well, quite o.k. Not bad, but not exactly my stuff to jump at first listen. Lux Aeterna – was much more impressed by the live version from the German/Swiss mini tour (thought so at first), but then the middle: pure VdGG with Snah in Moester mode. Gripped me till the end.
Surprisingly I found the longest track the most accessible and rather short – not a small achievement for a 20 minutes piece. Time for the 2nd turn…
This sounds really exciting! Did´nt expect such great media response after the already huge Tower reception. Another week to go…
Great News – I will postpone my annual MP live experience to autumn then – usually it gets more interesting once the new songs have settled in a bit, like in 2018 with the Tower tracks. Prolonged tension and curiosity will hopefully lead to another overwhelming live experience.
That's the web for you – you find a lot of trash in picture and writing, because these days nobody's ever editing anyone's or even his own stuff (and of course noone would get paid for it either). So if you want to read reviews in a language that's not full of clumsy, crooked imagery and orthographic mistakes you have to stick to the few surviving magazines (mostly printed, but some also digital). Or just hang around here
My favourite is still Vol. 3 – shortly followed by the first Sabbath album and in fact Sabotage. As MP are obviously intensifying their MotorSabbath leanings, we should probably start another Sabbath thread?
Personally I'm quite happy MotorYes is over for the moment, although I miss MotorFloyd a little…
@Kid A: "I can listen to without getting headaches…"
Haha – good point! Btw. I like Herbie Hancock a lot – there's a true master!
These days I get my headaches from listening to contemporary Metal (which I avoid doing most of the times…) Probably I like MP as a kind of "Metal for people who don't listen to Metal". Just joking, of course.
Saw Kungens Män three years ago at Mani Neumeier's Finkenbach Festival near Heidelberg.
Made me dance in the mud at 2 am even though I was totally exhausted. Great Band!
Not so sure about Kamasi Washington though. Liked the first album quite a bit, but still I'm not convinced if the guy is really great or just another hype. Some people say it's Jazz for people who usually don't listen to Jazz – or Pop for Jazzers who usually don't listen to pop. Probably a good musician, but far from being a master or even genius.
I do prefer Kjetil Møster there…
Been a fan of anything Espers and splinter projects for quite a while. One of the later outings: Heron Oblivion – https://heronoblivion.bandcamp.com/
Still waiting for any recordings or clips to turn up. Alledgedly there was some taping?
And Bernie with several cams? Probably something special planned – anybody knows?
I do most urgently support the second coming of Radfreq! MP still has to deliver a live version that beats the Trust US RF.
Another song that's much better in its studio version is A.S.F.E. Not played live very much, but considering the lot of brilliant Tower material available this is probably no loss.
And: The Mirror & The Lie has been one of my favourite MP tracks of the Motorpop Experience. A few great live versions in 2002, but the studio track is unbeatable.
@ Punj Lizard: Patience is your friend here. Better wait until the last gaps in Motorpsycho's tour plan have been filled – then book. There's still losts of time – don't think any of the gigs will be sold out by the end of February 2019.
Both Bernie and Spacebandit: I declare you heroes of Motorpsychedelic documentation. Quite unnecessary, as you know who you are. But still: THANKS!!!!
@ Punj Lizard: There is still hope for another Köln gig in 2019. Motorpsycho played there on almost every major tour – unless they chose Düsseldorf, where they played in 2018. Furthermore the last two Köln gigs in 2016 ans 2017 were very well attended – so there should be no reasons for promoters opting out like the Berlin promoter alledgedly did.
