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11/14/2003 Entry: "Motorpsycho!"

I've been a bit slow to take to Motorpsycho, but WOW! The last couple of days I've been listening to their "Phanerothyme" CD from 2001. My colleague Jim's "Staff Pick of the Week" is the latest Motorpsycho CD. I quote from his ravings:

"Swaggering, soulful rock, jazzy pop, nimble prog, and acid-drizzled psychedelic from Terrastock faves, Motorpsycho (named after a Russ Meyer film), a superpowerful power trio from Trondheim, Norway. Yet another amazing Scandinavian band who have been around for more than a decade and release an album every year or so. Rather essential for a band of this magnitude, latitude, and um, progitude. Can influences as diverse as The Zombies and Zeppelin, Love and Queens Of The Stoneage, The Green Pajamas and The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, The Beach Boys and The Allman Brothers coexist? Why Yes…hohoho…they can. It’s what Motorpsycho is all about. Furthermore, to compare and contrast a few of my favorite bands, riddle me this: If The Soundtrack Of Our Lives are the classic rock resurrectionists of Scandinavia, and The Bear Quartet Sweden’s fierce and fey proto-pop overlords, then are Norway’s Motorpsycho not their hippy, trippy, California-meets-Krautrock cousins? And fans of TSOOL and The BQ might often find recent recordings by Motorpsycho orbiting somewhere in between… Except on the prog rock front where Motorpsycho and Pluto have a lot in common. Far out!"

I conclude: Highly recommended!