Review of Barracuda taken from the
Norwegian newspaper
ADRESSEAVISEN / UT MAGASINET, 2001-03-01.
English translation done by Rolf Klausen.
This 33 minutes long minialbum consists of songs which apparently are leftovers from the LTEC recording sessions.
Motorpsycho
Barracuda
Stickman/Sony
Leftovers in the sense that they didn't fit in on last years melody-based album. Because this time Motorpsycho goes back to rock again, undoubtingly great for a big part of the fans. But still this isn't Motorpsycho as they used to be. The epic tendencies are as good as gone, and we're left with a more or less clean rock'n'roll record, definetly in debt to bands as the Who, Rolling Stones & MC5 (Rattlesnake is even a trashy brother of Kula Shakers "S.O.S"). Cleary inspired by the 70s, dirty rock, more straight forward than Motorpsycho has ever been. The fat and remarkably well fitting horn-arrangments (sown together by Baard Slagsvold) create the link to the colorful palette of "LTEC". Retro-rock clichés performed with "a spark in the eye" 1) and a playful approach are clues for this release, and we have never heard Motorpsycho more liberatingly moody. "Barracuda" is possibly a sign saying that Motorpsycho doesn't need to prove their seriousity in everything they do anymore? Refreshing is only the first-name of this powermusic.
