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Not new! I hope it's OK to throw in the occasional, unearthed, old treasure, in the hope that it clicks for someone else too. I'm just 51 years late to this particular party! Something tells me it's the sort of thing Bent and Snah might have tracked down for their collections. Apologies if this is not new to you.
T2 – It'll All Work Out In Boomland (1970)
(hold on for No More White Horses!)
Toundra have Hyena in their top ten Motorpsycho tracks. Interesting reading – I reckon about four would overlap with my top ten:
https://www.loudersound.com/features/toundras-ten-favourite-motorpsycho-songs
Lukewarm Classic Rock review:
https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/motorpsycho-set-the-dials-to-rocking-on-kingdom-of-oblivion
After Mockingbird, The Cuckoo, The Magpie and now Cormorant, I just think they should do more bird songs. I believe Albatross is taken, but they could still have the Sangihe Shrike-thrush, Stresemann's Bristlefront or the Noisy Scrub-bird.
I won't suggest the Bearded Tit in case it's taken the wrong way…
My tuppenyworth.
The Afterglow – an absolute gem including one of Snah's sweetest ever bits of guitar
Child of the Future – very uplifting – a great end to a great album
ASFE – loved it from first listen, loved it when they opened with it live in London, and its appeal, for me, has outlasted that of some of its more complex bedfellows on The Tower (although I can't understand TAF not going for Ship of Fools, but we're all different!); I really appreciate its energy and directness, and I'll put this out there: is this the most 90s Motorpsycho thing to come out of the Kenneth and Tomas eras?
Hyena – also just fine
The All Is One – I'm probably with a lot of others on this, judging by comments; on a really very, very good album, it's curious that the title track/opener is so relatively underwhelming; it's overwrought, overlong and not as good as it thinks it is
No problems with the others…well, except Neverplayed, but I do like watching the Japanese teenyboppers getting into it!
I think you make a lot of good points, Shakti. I wouldn't want to tinker with the past too much, although I've often considered making my own compilation of concise hard rock Kenneth-era tracks comprising all of Child of the Future plus The Promise and the best bits of Motorpnakotic Fragments and The Light Fantastic. What a hard-hitting double that would be!
However, I do think recent material would have been better served by having N.O.X. as a stand-alone album, perhaps with the addition of something in a similar vein – or maybe those heavy parts from Begynnelser that inexplicably didn't make it onto the audio version.
@ Kid A: I was sort of with you until you wanted to leave out The All Is One side D. I think that's good stuff – maybe suffering from following on from N.O.X. The reverssion from something so radical and original to something belonging more to the classic rock genre might work live, but it diminshes what follows on disc, which is a shame. In a different context, Dreams of Fancy might garner rave reviews. Personally, I think it is a brilliantly constructed composition. If there's a bit of late Led Zep to it, I would say it could grace any of their later albums. Like Chrome is pretty fair too (also a touch of Led Zep there).
@JERO: "the cousins tucked away in the basement" – that tickled me!
He's particularly keen on Dreamkiller, quite hot on The Hunt and Lurker, and not so positive about some of the rest. Nowhere near as good as The All Is One, he reckons. He makes a comparison with Porcupine Tree. Can't see it myself.
While we are in a Hawkwind mood, check out the recent album from Nik Turner (Hawkwind) and Youth (Killing Joke):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5FXR1oeJrU&list=PL5mxDeg0WY5L422R9sFB2rzS5FKswGFeJ
@ Punj Lizard
Many thanks for the link. Those snippets have really got my hopes up – I wasn't so excited by The Waning extract.
Let's face it, even an average MP album would wipe the floor with pretty much everything else, which is remarkable for a 30-year old band.
Quote:LAUT.de: CTS Eventim contemplated the option to tie concert going to vaccinating. The German Ethics Council declined giving any privileges to vaccinated people. How do you stand on the topic?BENT: I think vaccination certificates are reasonable, so I would not have any problem with such a regulation.
LAUT.de: Conspiracy theories are on an all-time high. Despite polls showing that a majority of the populace supports goverment measures, support for mandatory masks, vaccination efforts and hard lockdown rules are dwindling. Are opinions divided among your friends too?
BENT: Not really. We are so incredibly annoyed by all this Trump- and Alt right-bullshit already, that we reject any new conspiracy theories by default.
Now listen to a real-life Viking (!) and successful novelist from Norway, Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen. Here is his Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._Andreas_Bull-Hansen
Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen – Vaccine Passports – what it's really about
I might be able to upload or, in some way, share the Freakzone interview, although possibly not for a while.
Advice about the best way to do this (without having to sign up or register anywhere) would be appreciated.
