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Oh man, it would be great if they could get Reine Fiske back into the fold. He was a great asset to the band and a fantastic foil for Snah to build off. I thought he functioned really well within the band during the show I saw with him in 2014. He certainly has the skills.
Got the record today, now playing the downloaded wavs since my record player is broken also, but who cares. I'm quite impressed, this is the Motorpsycho I prefer, more rock – less prog. Only two songs over 10 minutes. New drummer is awesome in a more minimal way, total opposite of Kapstadt who usually just played too much (though he's also great of course).
I'm with you; I would like something in the vein of BH/BC. I've said it before and I'll say it again: that was a massively underrated album.
Okay, I'm back on Earth.
Some impressions about the show yesterday:
– first of all, great show, great setlist, great sound. I've seen them about 12 times now, and this one was definitely top 5, maybe even top 3
– the vocals were quite good, I've heard them sing much much worse in the past
– Vera was nearly sold out, which must have been a pleasant surprise for the band since the previous show in Vera (may 2014) was quite scarcely attended
– we got to hear Superstooge (niiiiiice), PPP (awesome), Watersound (personal favourite, very intense version) and Feedtime (first time for me)
– I don't know any other band that can end a show with an epic song (HBM2) that nobody's heard before and still totally captivate an audience
– Big Black Dog is a song for the ages, and looking at the crowd during this song I noticed everybody bobbing their heads
– even though Demon Box is not necessarily one of my favourite MP-albums (I prefer the TM – Blissard – AADAP – Trust Us era) the two songs they played were scorching, Feedtime was damn near metal at times
Good move on MP's part to release a relatively short album this time. On first listening (via spotify, will be ordering the album very soon) I like it. Don't know if I like it better the Behind The Sun, that one grabbed me from the beginning and that was good, considering that I felt that Still Life With Eggplant was a huge letdown and possibly their worst album. I'm also no fan of the Unicorn album and the FFF one.
Big Black Dog is the obvious centrepiece (even though it's the last song) and I agree with the sentiment that it's nodding towards The Wheel. Lacuna is an other obvious highlight.
It's also a very good sounding album, the production is really crisp yet dynamic and fat. And they seem to have toned the higher pitched vocals down in favour of melodies more within their range.
I feel this album is gonna be a grower.
There actually were people who guessed this completely right? Kudos to them, I think I got about 4/15.
Okay, my five cents:
– Live @ either Pukkelpop 2002 or Lowlands 2002 show (or combination thereof) with the Jaga Jazzist horns. The Lowlands show was recorded by VPRO radio (I have a bootleg somewhere with a few songs) so the sound quality shouldn't be an issue.
– The Timothy Oya 2010 show! Oh yeah!
– Live @ Paleisrevolutie 2004 in Utrecht (one of the last shows with Gebhardt, and I think VPRO radio recorded this one as well, and they played some songs which would later be released on BH/BC)
– a compilation of several radio performances, like the Peel sessions once were. I know for sure MP played several times on Dutch radio (mostly VPRO), and they probably did some more in other countries.
– Lobotomizer reissue.
– AADAP and Trust Us 4 CD/DVD deluxe reissue, like the Timmy and Blissard ones.
– a new album with 10 to 12 short concise to the point rock songs and maybe one longer song (please, no more ultra extravagant 30 minute suites and operas)
– I also dig the idea of an acoustic album
– a full release of the complete Paradiso 2002 show.
– some more surprise singles.
Yeah, I finally got it yesterday. I like it much more than the Eggplant, the song are better, the vocals are better, it all seems more concise, Reine definitely is amazing and he should stay.
Can some friendly mod please change the title of this thread to the correct spelling of Still Life With Eggplant?
Thanks in advance.
Now listening for the first time (finally received my album and cd, thanks postman), so it's a bit early to judge but I dig what I've heard so far. Indeed it sounds like a live-in-the-studio-thing, and I like this one far more than TDDU at first listen.
Okay guys, think about this one – an alternate universe in which Motorpsycho would have released the Alternate Timothy's Monster (the very first/rejected single album version – the one on the 4 cd box with Very 90's Very Aware) and the Alternate Blissard (the Pidah mixes).
I actually think those two albums share the same kinda qualities, and also showcase what might haveMP sounded like live.
On a side note, I'm really digging Like Always.
Good grief and glory! The Matter With Her! What a fantastic song! Unbelievable they left it off the original album, like they did with Mad Sun (also an unheralded classic).
Really digging the Pidah mixes. Sheds a new light on most of the songs.
I've said this before and I'll say it again: BH/BC is one of MP's finest albums and vastly underrated. As it stands now it's their last album comprised of mostly shorter songs (that being relative of course, this is MP we're speaking of).
In other news, TDDU is really starting to grow on me.
TDDU has nothing to do with free-jazz, since most of the themes and melodies are written and specifically arranged and harmonized, whereas free-jazz is mostly improvising without borders.
That said, I can understand what the detractors are feeling. I too am a big fan of the nineties indierocking Motorpsycho-songcraft, and all these prog leanings are going further and further away from the template they set in the early nineties. TDDU might be the pinnacle of this evolution, since most melodies are quite abstract and require concentrated listening. Then again, I also have a strong background in jazz, so for me it's not really a struggle as much, though I do have to switch to another/different mindset. I make a similar switch when I listen to deathmetal or lo-fi, which require a different mindset than listening to Coltrane or Monk.
TDDU is massive and I already know that this is not going to be my most-played MP record (those would be the usual suspects: TM, B, AADAP, TU, BH/BC, LLM, HMF – actually, that's already quite a lot), but I also know that if I dig a little deeper I will definitely come to appreciate it more.
Furthermore, I'm absolutely not worried that MP might 'have lost it'. They have a unique place in music history together with bands like Sonic Youth, Frank Zappa and The Flaming Lips, who kept churning out greatness the deeper they evolved in their respectable careers. The kind of bands that ripe with age and get better and better at what they do. Even when they take a strong left-turn, like MP did this time.
