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Certainly the band magick is full on on the trilogy. If it is due to Tomas’ growing decision to leave that KoO has a little less of that it is really regrettable that he was leaving.
Excellent idea! Unfavourably I’m still in Erfurt on Sunday, otherwise I would have joined you for Valkenburg!
Have a good gig!Don’t judge Ingvald too early! He played a little cautious at the start of last year’s tour, but that’s only understandable, given that he had only a few days with the band to prepare after returning from another tour with Kanaan. But when I look at those recent Full Earth clips on youtube I’m very impressed and think he’s a full grown drummer in his own right and doesn’t have to fear comparisons with any other collegue.
With N.O.X. I’m not so certain – is it more electronics or real drumming in the climax piece? Probably both interchanging – but for me Tomas’ greatest moment on album is on the “Crucible” Title track, which he gives a Who-like start and drive throughout. And of course the latest RW live album…
@ hogw: Though I do mostly agree, 577 is NOT simple at all. Let me tell you this as a bass player – the rhythmic complexity doesn’t necessarily surface, but it both drives and fascinates at the same time!
Yep – Ingvald filled the gap brilliantly. So I don’t see any potential loss in gig quality. A regular drummer in the rehearsal room might however lack for developing new stunning material – we’ll see…
Great fun is probably the best we can expect this summer. No majestic tunes & jams this time. But fun.
I listened to some of MP’s single a-sides today and was quite surprised – already almost forgotten how good they are, especially Slow Phaseout. And Quick Fix of course.Isn’t the Kneipp treatment famous for treading in shallow water? Not a good omen for Blissard 2.0! But neigh – it’s the horse cure, not the human treatment here – so hopefully MP will forcefully gallop into a glorious future (or a final sunrise, but let’s not hope that) ;-)
@ suntripper: Loved the clip as well – and was duely quite disappointed by the gig last night. Absolutely NO spontaneitiy, NO improvisation – and it was announced as a JAZZ gig! Rather a fully composed post rock affair.
If you take real live music of Motorpsycho et al. and so many other bands from Norway it was probably like comparing Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells” to a mid 70s Hawkwind or Gong concert. A little bit like late 80s Tangerine Dream with added Grateful Dead “Drums/Space” elements from the late 80s/early 90s. Not bad, but rather sterile.
And the bass player didn’t play a Rickenbacker, but a Fender (precision? jazz?) bass…The clip you posted is really something different!
Something completely different and not entirely new, except for me:
I’m gonna watch them tonight in Cologne. A Friend who can’t make it gave me the ticket. Sounds promising!
As I’m not the biggest fan of the retro singles project, I’ve got no special expectations. Probably that’s better this way.
I think they had to do it to mark another creative hiatus in the long and winding band history. Time to think, collect new ideas and probably new musicians. And have a little fun on the side.
“The house at Pooneil Corners” would make me a very happy Psychonaut though!3 noisy tunes that didn’t stand the test of time and 1 timeless classic that’s worth acquiring. A Must for diehard MP fans & archivists in any case.
Definitively an “in between projects” setlist. With a bit from everything recent, but without the monster tracks. Good and solid, but not spectacular. Propably exactly what they’re after for – kind of a consolidation in a precarious phase of the band.
@ suntripper: Another reason why I like the cover of “Small Boats” so much – a reference to those futile efforts of gathering a substantial audience in generally Motorpsycho-stubborn Britain. Bang it into their heads shelling them with a corruption of one of their their own major progrock-titles, yay!
Besides a good symbolic vehicle for the Brexit frustrations of so many Britain-loving Europeans, myself included…
