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Yes man, we were blown away at an early age and can’t totally recuperate, (un)fortunately! But I love The Tower and the mature MP, how can you not? But sure, growing up with a band is indeed special, some bonds never break, and shouldn’t. This thing happening now, new peak, new great drummer, great setlists etc etc, almost 30 years in is pretty wild. And Shakti, I feel you (both w concert wishes and 40, turned a couple of months ago, it’s fine!) and will send a prayer to MP-heaven for Rad.Freq. in Larvik (and in Stockholm where I hopefully will catch them if everything works out). And after all, how lucky were and are we? There’re still out there. Playing. Amazing.
@kippenhok U know where I might be able to find some of these? Esp Oslo 1996 which I guess was the spring show at Rockefeller? Great setlist and sound. Which of these is your favourite?
EDIT: Found the Oslo show, so great, now in a wormhole going through the old EPs YouTube vids etc, even maiden voyage, its been years, but oh my, how good they were. From day one! Politician, Queen Chinee, How was I to know, and that early Blueberry Daydream cut, amazing. Beats everything until DB. Even found a live version of Big Surprise from 98 which is pure indie-rock bliss. That whole era 94-98 casts such a heavy shadow I can’t see how any band would be able to survive it. Well, they have, sorta. But how I miss their melodies and punk psych rock abandon. The new stuff is great, but my heart will unfortunalety always be in the 90s w MP, it was kind of bizarre how much everything just clicked, how easily the songs came, how it just poured out of them, how good Geb was (I almost forgot), how the record sleeves looked, how they looked, how abs right everything was. All good bands have these intense period, but this level is quiet astounding, even for a great band. Ok, I’m 40, so I guess I’ll always be a 90s kid at heart.. All the emotions, insane. Ok, now I’ll give The Tower a spin, eh
@Supernaut – it must be your connection, I downloaded the entire show today and it worked like a dream. Now seeding!
@Phoots – I had to email the dime people (see the FAQ) and they upgraded my account immediately so I could start downloading.
@Blashyrkh Aw, alright, thanks.
Hey Spacebandit (or anyone else), maybe a stupid Q, but started a DIME account and I can't find the Torrent download, is there some trick I don't know? Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!
Maybe there's an issue since I'm a new member, I can't find where to download the torrent. Frustrating!
I want this show!
Ok, here I go, this is of course no exact science(!), but as of today it feels pretty right. Demon Box is sort of difficult for me these days, but I guess I’m actually happy it’s being topped by more recent stuff. As for the EPs, don’t get me started, it’s a shame I don’t listen to them much because of my equipment situation, but the Manmower, Hey Jane, Wearing Yr Smell, Ozone, Starmelt +++ EPs are all pretty much installed in my DNA so I guess I’m doing fine. And as for the (for me) newly discovered Blissard Pidah mixes, man, can't stop listening, like discovering your favorite person has a twin:) AND SAYING THAT: When can we expect the Trust Us box set?
1. Timothy's Monster (how can you beat it, c'mon)
2. Trust Us (how can you beat it, C'MON!)
3. Blissard (The Pidah Mixes) / Angels & Daemons at Play
5. The Tower
6. The Death Defying Unicorn
7. Demon Box
8. Child of the Future
9. Black Hole/Blank Canvas
10. Little Lucid Moments
11. Behind the Sun
12. Phanerothyme
13. Lobotomizer (Really! Such a gem)
14. Let Them Eat Cake
15. Here Be Monsters
16. It's a Love Cult
17. Heavy Metal Fruit
19. Soothe
18. Still Life with Eggplant
19. Barracuda
I do take some self-criticism w the constant and tiresome comparisons to their early catalogue but that's what fans do I guess, nerd away and write lists!
Now, it would be fun with some more reflections on the album. I see that the tour starts this week somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean (must be an awesome setting) – looking forward to read some reviews! And people – YouTube away! Meanwhile I'll be tripping away on the Pacific Sonata;) Peace🤘
Listening to the TOWER made me want to share a few thoughts:
Initially I was happy that the songs didn’t automatically click, always a good sign, and I feel that most of the Kenneth-era studio records have been too straight forward, you get the drift of every song after one listen. The notable exception is of course the great Unicorn which just might be the beautiful and weird sister of this album. Apart from that I think Trust Us was the last MP-record to give me such a BUZZ. This is abs great stuff! A great album, and I´m pretty blown away that they managed to pull this out of the hat as I have long missed the weirdness and kraut/stoner/trippy-drone rock that MP always did so well, and which has been absent since whenever.
It's hard to pick out any favourite, initially I felt Bartok was a slight low-point, too much adrenaline for my taste, but hey, why not, it's pretty fun and a killer riff and not a dudd like eg. Neverland. Even Revolver had Got to Get You into My Life, right? This is maybe the strongest collection of songs in their career imo. All the golden oldies are of course hard to beat, there's no Taifun or PPPP here, but compared to this newfound complexity and production and with SNAHs wild playing and Bents songwriting chops more dynamic than ever the 90s actually seem slightly old and dusty, finally. This is def a career highpoint (of many). And, live, wow, can't wait. And for the future, I can't wait, this new trio combo is SOLID! NOW, get yourselves over to the US for some gigs!
Thank you!
(This is of course just MY opinion, and saying all this I also find a lot of the Kenneth-era records consistently great, though not consistently GREAT;)
