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I haven’t heard it yet (apart from Psychotzar – killer! The initial riff! That last RIFF!), but from what I’m reading I’m pretty sure this will end up as my favorite MP record of the last, uh, 20 years. Just saying!âœŒï¸ Love when they’re on an emotive trip in space, the long expanding songs. And this is the entire record this time. Can’t wait!
Psychotzar sounds great! Wasn’t sure in the first couple of listenings, been a long time since I tapped into MP now, my mind somewhere else, but wow, heavy stuff, the sound and riffing takes me back to the early days. That last climbing riff, omg. Read Bents memo, he seems uncharacteristically humble, but this sounds very good in my ears. Also can’t wait to hear the “definitive†version of Lux, and the other song, and Lars’s contribution. Expecting a nice heavy shortish affair. And the news of new material, great, as MP is known for working in triplets I guess we’ll get the last chapter of the Tower triology, should be good. I hope it entails some acoustic moments as well, not California based, but straight outta Snåsa. We’ll see, but it all seems very healthy in the psychoverse, and I’m very happy.
And, love the gong! The cowbell or whatever it is, not so much. Or the processed vocals or whatever it is that makes them sound so… filtered. Can’t have it all!
Wow. So a new «record» or chapter in the Gullvåg collaboration already this summer! Wow. We’re spoiled. Must be something along the lines of En Konsert for Folk Flest I guess. A specific ordered piece by the festival, and a very nice vinyl box featuring the art I’m sure. Two records in one year, MP are too much.
This will be good. YouTube link wonderful and in great quality. Already enjoying Maja Ratkje, too bad the electricity is out in my block, hope it comes back so I can fire up the batteries before MP hits the stage.. 😬 And hope some tech wizard out there can capture the entire thing and add it to YouTube permanently 🤞
@marc: NO. You misunderstood. If you read the start of the thread, I was only speculating if MP somehow knew about this reference. If it was a comment (which I doubt) or a coincidence (which I believe). Nothing big.
And yes, otherdemon, word, and RFAD is indeed harrowing.
And Punj: ✊
A classic indeed 👌 What a heart-melting melody. How they do it again and again I don’t know. Sorcery?
And Marc, Johnny, Punj, I agree on your takes. It will be exciting to get this record. And I believe the Utøya connection is a wild stretch, although it was a thing here in Norway, this freaks music taste and everything, in all the papers, in the court case, that he used certain songs to “motivate†himself. Dark. “His†Lux Aeterna was not the 2001 one though, but from the soundtrack of “Requiem for a Dreamâ€. Not sure if it’s the same one. Anyway. I was uncertain if I should point this fact out, as I sort of doubt MP would comment on such a thing, in this way. But who knows. We’re in for a dark record though, I’m pretty sure. And a good one, I’m very sure, after this first sample.
Lux Aeterna! Wow, can’t wait, sounds like a MP classic already, just by the name. But. Can anyone *please* upload it on YouTube? Just a humble wish from someone without Dime/Motortrade capability. Thanx!
Into the Gyre, the section from the middle and the bass break. Also the two Proteus-es. And La Lethe: the chanting and sax (?) breakdown. Many of those TDDU themes never let go. Not my favorites (though up there), but a sonic deja vu nonetheless. And a deja vu in the way that I’m never sure what music it is, before I start rewinding it in my head.
Bent in 93:
The noise and images that are in the background of "Demon Box" are sometimes almost science fiction-like. How inspired are you of bands such as Hawkwind?
You can take a song like "Tuesday Morning". We tried to play it many times. In the end, we decided to play it acoustic, but then it almost sounded like a Syd Barrett song. So we thought okay, we'll take it all the way, and put on a lot of weird sounds. Then it was suddenly not Syd Barrett anymore, but Hawkwind. We are clearly inspired by early Hawkwind.
Not to turn too metaphysical, but I think it was Shakti that somewhere else in this forum said that The Tower has the Neil Young-coined term “the Spook†which I believe is Neil’s definition (and a better, more spiritual one) of the mysterious “it†(correct me if I’m wrong). And MP have the Spook in excess, like you’re all saying. They feel *it* and channel *it*. And it goes beyond excellence at playing, it must be about how it resonates. In us. Whatever melodies, abstract or just a simple chord change. Something very human, aggressive, emotional, I dunno, but *something* all great artist possess, where shit just glimmers in their hands and renditions. And in their compositions of course, no matter how complicated chord structures they have. A vibe.
A heaviness. A resonance. Something beyond attitude and approach. And in my eyes Rush and Yes etc don’t have the Spook (not many musicians painters writers do), even though they are great (at times;) But Bent and Snah do.
Also, the Apollo Dionysus dichotomy, the rational vs the instinctive (both are sons of the same father, after all). And MP have Dionysian virtues written all over them (ref Paglia) as that whole wave of (good) 80s/90s alternative bands had, like all good bands from any period had (in my eyes), not a lot of “male†bravado, not a lot of posing, but tons of emotions. Rush doesn’t.
That said, not everything MP touches has the Spook, we’re all mortals, thank God. And ALL that said, this is highly subjective of course. And perhaps a simplification of something very abstract, or making something simple very abstract, art is mysterious after all, though it’s an attempt.
But I’m w Neil.
@Johnny_Heartfield I’m SO with you in all this. I agree 100% in all above so no need to add anything. About the other bands, about MP, about the Kenneth years. About DDU. This is why I trust them. Spot on.
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Sorry to butt in, but is this forum really the place for this discussion? This is all just copy paste from Facebook threads, rehashed, nothing new (sorry), and I’m sure all of us are “blessed†to have our fb feeds bombed w these sort of “big insights†about the “regressive naive†left etc and must be fed up already. No need for lectures on stuff we all know? And no, this is not an attempt to shut down a discussion (or maybe it is ðŸ˜) and no, this is not an attempt to showcase my moral and intellectual superiority lol (or, maybe it is?😆). Jokes aside, I’m sure it feels current and pregnant, but this is a place to deal w Motorpsycho. Politics aside. Or at least *try* to link it to something MP-related, and not just “personal insights†we’ve all heard a thousand times before. Yes we are polarized, yes there exists fake news, yes everyone should be heard, yes the media is and has always been biased. Independent “free†mediasources w agendas w a laissez faire attitude to “truth†and “facts†are also problematic. Zzz. We all know this, I’m sure most psychonauts also follow the news, even if we’re all convinced that ✨space✨ really is the place. The Tower lyrics that Punj quoted might be a starting point if you want to have a topical MP discussion or dissection. (Arrogant? Moi?) Might be interesting, though I’m not so sure. Sorry again, I enjoy the commitment, and I’m only speaking for myself, but please, not here, not in heaven.✌ï¸
EDIT: If this is a Rush related discussion and breakdown of their lyrics I guess it’s all fine, and I’ll make sure not look up a Rush fanpage, if these exists. They must do. No, not a Rush fan, so I might not understand or appreciate this discussion like I’m sure I would if I was a committed Rushian.
