New Motorpsycho Album 16.06.23

[Mark]

– as someone mentioned earlier, i also get a late 90/00s vibe from it

That is excellent news!

[suntripper]

I just get a late vibe – as in it hasn’t arrived yet!

[marc]

Oh, sorry Mate! Not the kind of vibe i Wish to anyone ;)

[mybestfriend83]

Man i love this new Record truly from the heart..
It is Motorpsychodelic Sound like i Loved it back then in 2001…

Cant await the Tour.. And it is also good for “Traveling” Record tested..All Good..

Make Please At least 25 more records like this…

Love You..

[Langbein]

I was a bit underwhelmed after the first listen, but I guess I was just expecting a Dungen record with Bent singing. But now I dig it! It feels like the first “true” Motorpsycho album in many years, and I have already played it more than AA and KoO combined.

[suntripper]

For me it’s a very quiet album.

[GBD]

Here’s my personal song ranking based on countless listenings:

01: Sentinels
02: Daedalus
03: Patterns
04: W.C.A
05: Cold and Bored
06: Dank State
07: The Rapture
08: Real again
09: scaredcrow
10: Loch

Anybody else?

[Johnny_Heartfield]

@ Langbein: “the first “true” Motorpsycho album in many years”
Really? I doubt your ability of judgement – feel free to doubt mine ;-)

Honestly – I got the impression MP have entered into their old age phase (had that with KOO already): less adventurous, rather maintream production, shaky voices (Bent’s recent trys at tremolo – shudder!). Those simple acoustic guitar tunes worked well in the old days – but I have a mixed feeling with that new effort.

[Aki]

I turned at least 20 times.
I thought it was a nice change from the tense progressive rock route of the 2010s, and finally an album that I could relax and listen to over and over again.
Some people have mentioned the lack of substance, but I think that’s what motivates me to listen to this album even more times.
I hope that they will continue to make pop albums other than progressive rock, or albums that I have never heard before, without fear.

[Langbein]

@Johnny
In terms of “feeling” or whatever; yes. It might be easy listening compared to what they’ve been doing lately, but I have grown a bit tired of the heavy prog thing. The last two albums were mediocre. It feels repetitive and more overused than the acoustic stuff, which now feels like a breath of fresh air.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by Langbein.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by Langbein.

[Johnny_Heartfield]

@Langbein: You have a point there. They have really stretched the heavy prog formula (somewhere between Yes, Magma and Van der Graaf) far – though I miss something a little more complicated in the new stuff. My ideal would be something in the vein of 577 – good songwriting, melodies and yet some motorpsychedelic trancey elements with unusual time signatures in between.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by Johnny_Heartfield.

[suntripper]

I just think it’s great that we get different things at different times. I want it all!

[airguitarhero]

My CD arrived today from Stickman Germany. Love the album, best band in the world at present!

[deusvlc]

Question aside…
Do we know the real chronological order of the last 3 albums? Just curious.

[suntripper]

I think it is difficult to be precise, as tracks from two of the albums were not necessarily being made with a particular album in mind, while the other came out of a specific project. Without doing my research on this one, weren’t tracks on Kingdom of Oblivion and Yay! drawn from a period that overlapped with the Gullvåg Trilogy years, with Yay! tracks in particular being more a product of the COVID times? Maybe Ancient Astronauts came last, and, if so, would be a fitting way for Tomas to sign off.

Someone else will give you a better answer, but that is my vague understanding.

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