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Absolutely worth the trip from Stockholm! Impressed, as always. Every song may not be among my favorites. For instance, I've never loved "Ãœberwagner" or "The alchemyst", but damn, they play so well and keep these interesting. Great! Lowpoint for me was "Feel" and first half of "Pacific". Highlights: "The other fool", "Ship of fools", second half of "Pacific", "577", "The tower" and all three songs from "The crucible". Woohoo! Highlights within the highlights: "Hell, part 7" inside "The tower" was brilliant, and Reine joining Snah for dual guitar leads in "Psychotzar" was just marvellous!

My friend, witnessing Mp for the first time, also liked the show very much, pointing out how much the musicians seemed to actually enjoy doing what they did.

There are a few songs I envy some of you for having ("PPPP", "Year 0", "The promise"), but there's no other complete setlist from this tour so far that I wish I had experienced instead of what I got (well, MAYBE Lausanne, with both "H-Mac" and "Mountain").

At the very moment I thought about getting something to drink, but didn't want to miss another minute of the show, a friendly man with hat handed me a beer. If you're here: thanks a lot! It was perfect! Hope I can do the same for you in the future.

A few unspectacular pix:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/grindove/albums/72157708746102291

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I just bought ticket for the Copenhagen show, May 15. So excited! Any of you going there?

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@Punj: I suppose patience with Gösta Berlings Saga will pay off. I didn't realize how amazing they were until the third album came out, and only after that the first two started growing on me. A few tracks on each album are jawdroppingly good!

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@Punj: We share the same highlight off "Sersophane". "Tog du med dig naturen?" from their first album is so beautiful that every time I listen to it I'm disappointed it's only 10 minutes, and not 45

@pfnuesel: Then my next recommendation is "Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Uppsala" by Klotet. Must be my most listened to-album of the last six years. Released on cassette in 2013 and vinyl a year ago. I'd say progressive, but also quite to the point, keeping most songs around 4 (+/-1) minutes. Tons of energy, zero vocals and slightly original. Here:

https://ljudkassett.bandcamp.com/album/hiroshima-nagasaki-uppsala

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I agree with Tjaaaa in that Gösta Berlings Saga is an awesome band. Progressive and instrumental. It's only 13 years since their debut, so they actually still count as "new" for me :oops:

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TRYING to stick to the rules, I found "debut is not more than three years old" way more narrow than I thought, so my suggestion is "Street worms" by Viagra Boys. The cheat being that I haven't heard it yet Yes, I'm slow and missed out on both first two pressings of it (third one coming). But really, it SHOULD be awesome, because their two previous 12"s are, and "Sports" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjL7D33xpS4) is great

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I've always thought that the "stiff"/"ungroovy"/"non-dynamic" drumming in "ASFE" was totally intentional and on purpose – probably the songwriter's or the producer's idea – as an effect. How many crashes do you even count in the song? It's just pumping bassdrum/ride and snare just about all the way through. Definitely "a thing", I'd say. I think Geb wouldn't manage to get THAT straight/stiff/machine-like feel to it, and I believe Kenneth wouldn't want to :lol:

Guessing? Me?! A lot!

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@Great King Rat: Hehe, I've actually thought about this today, and I came up with almost 30 8O But I'll try to keep this short with respect to the thread's topic. So, here's a few albums I worship, on which I think every song is fantastic, in chronological order:

Scorpions' "Lonesome crow", Suicidal Tendencies' debut, The Sisters Of Mercy's "First and last and always", Terrorizer's "World downfall", Bad Religion's "Against the grain", Stina Nordenstam's "And she closed her eyes", Nifelheim's "Envoy of Lucifer" and Klotet's "Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Uppsala".

I'd still say that a few Motorpsycho albums might beat some of those.

I love "Ænima", despite that the flow of it is ruined a bit by "Useful idiot", "Die eier von Satan", "Cesaro summability" and "(-) ions". Without those four, every track had been amazing, and an even better album as a whole

Also, I agree with what a few of you already pointed out: nice posts from everyone and interesting reading in this thread

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Worth the money for me! Especially good when they keep things soft and calm. I agree with marc concerning the rocking – I really could do without "Sinful, wind-borne", which is the one sounding closest to the original, and also where the vocals seem the weakest.

But some really nice interpretations. "Another ugly tune" works remarkably well.

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@ Great King Rat

Good question! There actually are a few, but that doesn't automagically mean that those albums are better than "Tim's monster", "Blissard", "Trust us" or "Behind the sun".

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I'm very strict here. I'm talking about thinking that every track on an album is fantastic. I tend to find a couple of songs (or details in songs) on each album that is just "good" – not "amazing". That's just me

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grindove: "but they've never done an album that I think is brilliant from start to finish."

Great King Rat: "Really? Not even Timothy's Monster? Trust us? Blissard?"

-I used to like "Feel", but got tired of it, so usually I skip it. "Beautiful sister" never did it for me, and I can live without "On my pillow" (although once in a while it's good, but not every time).

-"Ozone", "Siddhardtino", "Evernine", "Superstooge" and "Dolphyn" are just good.

-"Blissard" is actually very close, but I've never totally worshipped "Greener". Not "Nathan Daniel's tune from Hawaii" either, except for the title and explanation of it.

Joining "Blissard" at being the closest to a solid masterpiece of an (entire) album for me is "Behind the sun", but "On a plate" is no favorite, and I don't like the vocals in the verses of "Cloudwalker"

Bands/artists I've liked who have been active for more than 20 years, whose current material I still consider relevant, are very, very few, but every new Motorpsycho release is the musical highlight of the year for me, and their albums end up high on my Best of the year-lists (usually at top position).

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@ Great King Rat:

I'll get back to this on Sunday. At the moment too much party, and work too soon (as always on Saturdays)

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I'm not sure I miss "that Motorpsychodelic heaviness". I mean, I love some of their old heavy stuff, but not for the SAKE of the heaviness. "Sheer profoundity" – no thanks! Sorry, but I just don't think "Demon box" as a whole album is that solid masterpiece as a lot of you guys seem to do. The good songs on it are amazing, though!

This might seem weird: Motorpsycho is my ALL TIME FAVORITE BAND IN THE WORLD, but they've never done an album that I think is brilliant from start to finish. Sometimes I'm disappointed with their new album – due to my expectations or their "new direction" – but so far (being a fan since "Timothy's monster") it's never been BAD, and in a couple of occasions I've enjoyed that "disappointing new album" a few years after its release.

As long as they SURPRISE me, I won't miss "that Motorpsychodelic heaviness", or anything else they've done in the past. As someone wrote above: those songs/albums are still there to listen to. (Tried really hard to not get too off topic )

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But to make sense as auto-coupling (or "Garrard-type", as you call it), it should be A/F, B/E, C/D, I suppose.

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