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I feel that this 2-night format gives them the chance to explore a bit more of the back catalog while still focusing on the latest releases, and also perhaps rest a bit more between performances. I’d love it if they could devise something like a “residency tour” in the future.
First listen, feels a bit like a B-side collection after the organic majesty of last year’s s/t, but it’s a fun set nonetheless. These tunes have definite live potential.
Shocked and saddened by this news. I never knew him personally but like many of you here I am indebted to his amazing work recording, polishing and uploading MP gems. Rest in peace.
I finally got around to listening the remastered CotF CD (received it a couple of days ago) and just wanted to say WOW what an amazing work they did with it! Almost like listening to a new album.
I always thought the hommage was to the song Jessica, from the “Brothers and Sisters” album, and the title was just referencing a different song of the band as a further “clue”. I don’t know the live version, though. Will check it out.
Being not an Olaf fan by any means, I was impressed by his creative and tasteful playing especially on August and Superstooge (there were some other good moments). For the first time I saw him really fit in the band and understood why they chose him. Though I still wonder why he plays most of the new(ish) stuff in such a straightforward style (see Lucifer).
Bent and Snah seemed in really fine form, much more so than when I saw them in Trezzo earlier this year. Makes you think about how big of a toll the extensive touring must take on their energy.It’s a really good record, not only a collection of pretty songs but also a really solid album in the way it flows together near perfectly (the exception being Go to California, which is a fun song in itself but to me feels a bit “off” in the context of the album, it doesn’t seem to share the same mood). It’s by far my favorite of the pop trilogy, and the only one I’ll listen to gladly without skips. Actually, if I were to compile a “best of” from LTCE and Love Cult, Phanerothyme would still be better. Those other two records have their moments (The Other Fool, Stained Glass, Serpentine) but they also have pretty significant lows.
I’d love to hear more from Phanerothyme live. I’ll never dislike Go to California but it’s sad that in 14 concerts that’s the only song from the record that I got to hear, and I’m still bummed that I missed For Free this year.Wow! I was wondering how this one could be so long given the setlist, that could be (part of) the answer. Hoping for a recording to surface!
So, do you guys think that those two dates in October (Sofia and Athens) are the prelude to another leg of the tour? Or just a couple of isolated shows?
Well for me it’s just the opposite, the more I hear them live the more I hate them haha. Yeah I know they play those often, but non *that* often, 3 and 5 times until now this year, only once together… I can tolerate one, not both (same thing happened in Trezzo in 2017, but at least then it was The Tower tour so I knew Sonata would be in there).
I really don’t understand why Upstairs is so much more “valued” than other songs from that period they never play anymore. After hearing it 4 times I’d love to get even The Slow Phaseout instead of it. :DYeah there were definitely many more people than the last couple times in Trezzo. I’m happy for them and I hope the fantastic new album has earned them some new fans, but this also probably means they’ll stick to the Live Club, which is my least favourite of all the venues they played in recent years in or near Milan (Bloom, Magnolia, Santeria). Obviously it’s also the biggest.
That was probably my un-trippiest MP concert ever. No epics at all, only a few jams. I mean, the old hits were fun (especially Sinful and Starmelt, Hey Jane felt strangely flat) but I wouldn’t want Motorpsycho to turn into a nostalgia act. The best moments for me were the songs from the amazing new album (especially Balthazaar), but it left me wishing for more.
But don’t mind me, I’m probably just displeased that I got, once again, to suffer through both the only two songs in their entire live catalog which I actively dislike.
