...hanging on to the trip you're on since 1994
Punj Lizard
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@fco - Yes is just an example. They were the first band I really fell in love with in a big way (back in the 70s), and although they reinvented themselves a few times (not always in ways that I liked 
), they are for me a perfect contrast to Motorpsycho. I've never been a fan of Tool.
PS. The Waning (Pt.1) is growing on me more and more. And with there being a full moon right now, it's fair to say, "the waning has begun".
radicus
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Love the new single. I don't get the ZZTop comparisons at all. Sounds like classic MP to me. Their melodic taste is what always does it for me both musically and with the voices. The driving sinister pedestrian and robotic beat underlies it beautifully. I do wish the production was less reverby, so I could make out the lyrics better to interpret their social commentary.
That song is gonna be killer live!
mikke
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Yeah, looking forward to the live version, should have potential to go wild
psychonaut
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Also my ass are smiling... Uahahahahahaaaahhhh.
Really, Luna calante today.
Someone could be so patient to put lyrics please guys.
MP, Madonna Santa!
marc
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Sorry for my grumpy words a couple of days ago. I have to admit that it's a solid rocker which occasionally comes to my mind. Still, i find it a bit underdeveloped regarding the structure and the fade-out. I just had to utter my disappointment that they didn't take the chance to start a profoundly new chapter. Still, good, well-crafted song and hoping for some magic to happen on the album.
Angel_or_Daemon
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@psychonaut:
the point of no return's finally passed
pushed over the edge
equilibrium's offset at last
here out on the ledge
earth's homeostasis
we're losing races
the waning has begun
no choice for anyone
this can't keep going on
insect-like we've taken over
a predatory kind
bite the hand and fix it later
a one-track hive mind
earth's homeostasis
still losing races
the waning has begun
no choice for anyone
this can't keep going on
children children fight your corner
you'll need a new home
boldly go where none have ventured
new spaceships in chrome
from homeostasis
to survival races
the waning has begun
no choice for anyone
soon this will all be gone
psychonaut
Member
@Angel_or_Daemon
Tnk!
Punj Lizard
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@marc - As this is part one of two, my hope is that the fade out was only applied to the single version and that the album version will somehow transition from this to part two without fading out, but with more of the crazy guitar licks we hear in the fade out. 
supernaut
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Just like In Our Tree and ASFE did, The Waning probably doesn't say much of the forthcoming album. Quite sure they don't put the biggest epic most wild song out before album time on purpose. Probably even have a giggle about it.
btw nowadays I LOOOVE In Our Tree and ASFE.
and Punj above on page 3, well put!
and the latest Tool album is a snore. I used to like them a lot, was very impressed up to Lateralus. But they're stuck in their thing now.
Bartok
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Lol, I’ve also started really appreciating the Waning, it took some time w this one. Thanks for the lyrics @Angel – don’t exactly know what Bent’s on about, the climate crisis? Not often you hear lines like “earth's homeostasis”, had to look it up, but it at least sounds good. Looking forward for more! 
Be
Member
Had my hopes a bit higher after the first reviews, but can there be a more generic and unispired MP song than the first single?
Bartok
Member
@Be For me the answer might be Spin, Spin, Spin. All time low! Not even a MP song. But as mentioned above, In Our Tree felt somewhat uninspired when it came out. I remember even thinking Ozone was a red flag, how could they top AADP lol. Serpentine. I guess MP has never been a singles band. I almost wonder why they still put out a single, the most “radio-friendly” song, believing it will get rotation. Or if they do, why not add three or four more tracks of nice weird inspired studio outtakes? Big questions! It’s not like they’re signed to a major label, I hope they finally open the vaults at some point, the archives.
Edit: I know they’ve done the box-sets lol, Ive been happily digging into the Blissard outtakes the last weeks, since I received the CDs and were able to convert to MP3s (thanks guys!) But I guess I just want more, from the later years. Demos and outtakes, must be plenty. Nice acoustic versions? Time will hopefully tell!
nicoot
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Well, the mailman just came in with my Kingdom of Oblivion LP and CD, 3 days early it seems! <3 About to have some fun later today, yeeeeee haw!
supernaut
Member
got it today, too
supernaut
Member
first impression after first half (or sides 1 & 2):
funny how it sounds vintage and modern at the same time. the scheps factor?
Krist Rampage
Member
Received mine today too!
supernaut
Member
Cosmoctopus! Wheeeee!!!
Bent bass wizard.
supernaut
Member
so two spins later (spoiler alert!):
Apart from the NOX suite they haven't flashed me this much since TDDU. It's not as straight hard rock as some reviewes suggested. Well maybe compared to the Gullvag trilogy it is, but those albums really were way more prog than yr average rockers. Not a lot of King Crimosn and Yes to be found here. Still a lot of Black Sabbath, though. But not like yr average doom troupes who claim to be inspired by them but mostly just play Sweet Leaf in a thousand variations over and over again. The Sabbathy parts on this record draws from Sabbath's more adventurous sides. With the lyrics printed on the sleeve I also noticed how much Into the Void there is in The Waning. There's even a little nod to their song Supernaut in Cosmoctopus which obviously I find very cool! Something I noticed first on TAIO goes even further here: the vocal melodies/patterns/lines. If anything has ventured into new realms the most in recent years, then it's the singing. Also an instant like is "The Hunt". Very Tull. Velvet Green and Fat Man come to mind. But hey, Iommi and Jethro Tull aren't exactly strangers to each other. And on this one Bent sounds like a very popular singer from a completely different musical area. Worlds colliding in a brilliant track. I wonder if anyone will find and point this out as well or maybe it's just me. And hearing that singing style over this Jethro-ish track put a stupid grin on my face. Yes it must have been very stupid because I felt my face physically. Oh and sitting outside in a park listening to a new MP album for the first time is quite something. There I was on that bench grinning like an idiot. Haha. I never found a lot of Led Zeppelin in Motorpsycho's music. But one part, don't remember what song atm, is very "No Quarter".
So it's all a rip off then, eh? NO WAY! These are just the elements that I found easy to grasp on first impression through familiarity. Oh this sounds like this! Oh I know that from there! The other 90% are as original as usual. Unless there's lots of stuff coming from places I'm not aware of. But if so someone will point those out. And Lady May draws from their own back catalogue. Isn't that the "Into the Mystic" hookline?
Anyways, it's big, it's grand, it's delicate (some parts remind me of those lo-fi bathroom recorded 90s EP moods which they haven't done a lot since), it's ballsy. Some riffs call for a very grim facial expression on stage. You know, those Hulk neanderthal riffs. But it's fun! Oh and it sounds amazing! Snah's guitar especially. Andrew Scheps & Motorpsycho is a perfect fit.
yadda yadda blah, time for a 3rd spin....
Bartok
Member
Thanks! Spoilers are welcome! I’m more stoked than in years from what I’ve read and heard.
supernaut
Member
Ehm I wrote Snah's guitar sounds amazing but I can't be always sure if it's him or Reine... All the dings and dongs and gnarls and whooomps and whooshes sound so great! And so fresh! Classic AND modern. It feels like I'm 20 listening to a new record in 1978 (not that I was 20 back then...) by a bunch of highly skilled and energetic twentysomethings who are magically seasoned beyond young age in playing and songwriting and arranging rockin out and it still absolutely has a contemporary 2021 vibe.
According to liner notes it's been recorded in 2019?? 
and some stuff (not pointed out exactly which) even in 2018.
Kid A
Member
Wow! This one is really good! I cannot say it better than Supernaut. There is so much on this album. First favorites are The United Debased and At Empire’ s End ( AADAP vibe in the verses).
Just wow
paolinogrande001
Member
Still haven't listened to mine. Got it yesterday, and... just haven't found the time to really sit down, breathe, and listen. There is always this sort of trepidation with every new proper Motorpsycho album. Will I like it? Will it leave me unimpressed or even annoyed? Or will I love it?
Will I LOVE it? I want to love it.
otherdemon
Member
Postman got the goods for me today. I'll be MIA for a couple of days 
boomer former helm
Member
Whoo, it arrived Can't wait for the evening to come to finally listen to it for the first time
otherdemon
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SPOILERS AHEAD, READ NO FURTHER IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THE THRILL!
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First impression: Well, this is the corona-depression record, I guess. Because this is easily the most atmospheric MP record to date. And the record really has a depressive atmosphere (very fitting cover art too, a skeleton guy painting a picture of a naked lady sitting on a dead rat. Or frogs stabbed to death by cocktail drink accessories 
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Sure some songs rock out, but they do so in a pretty lethargic and druggy way. Less prog on here, more focus on stoner and psychedelia IMO.
The song that really grabbed me on first listen was At Empire's End. Holy shit, that one hit hard. Alternating acoustic and heavy sections so elegantly, it's by far the most emotionally resonant song on here IMO.
The Waning also improved when in context of the full length version.
The Watcher also includes the music MP composed for the Pulsator movie. Creepy as fuck when combined with the Hawkwind cover.
This one will require a lot of listens. I suggest you all do the same and don't discard immediately just because it didn't click right away.
Guess I'll be giving it a few more spins asap.
supernaut
Member
ah yes, At Empire's End is the No Quarter-y one. Couldn't remember it before.
hmm... depressing? Funny, I don't feel this at all. Sombre here and there, but not more than on earlier albums. Lyrically it's quite serious, though.
Just this album and NOX and nothing else would be such a fantastic concert.
otherdemon
Member
Oh, and Cosmoctopus Lurker is a riff-o-rama deluxe, especially the 2nd half. Damn it,
Snah and Reine just slay on that one. That one will be great live, I can see MP stretching
that outro into eternity
trylleball
Member
Wow. First spin - there is a lot to digest here, and I LOVE it! Can't wait to play this many more times over. The guys seem very much inspired here, and the record feels overall very well balanced. Great atmosphere, stellar riffs, brilliant acoustic tracks... we psychonauts are spoiled
Bartok
Member
For anyone (like me) who has not received the record and wants a preview you can stream At Empires End over on Rune Grammofon. Sounds great!
Martn
Member
Spoiler alert!
Got my record today and had one spin. Promising. Very promising. Some quick impressions: The Waning part 2 instantly got me with the classic Bent groove. Great. Lady May was quite the surprise. Totally reminds me of CSNY. Lee Shore comes to mind, especially the vocal harmonies. Didn't expect that but I love it. The Watcher is a funny one. It's like they merged the original with Pink Floyd (Set the Controls ...) and gave it their own spin. Nice. The Transmutation Of Cosmoctopus Lurker is an absolute belter. Lots more to unravel, but that will take some time. Can't wait!
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