Motorpsycho

[Scrotum Scissor]

I am pretty excited to see them live in Italy at Veruno Prog fest in a month.

You would and should be, as they are one of the greatest live rock groups around. Seriously. Such a massive force of sound.

[polmico]

https://www.stickman-records.com/mot...nd-other-news/

The presale for the upcoming Motorpsycho album, The Tower, will begin this coming Thursday, August 10th at 9:00 a.m. There will be three different formats available: a double CD, a double LP on black vinyl and a limited double LP on gold vinyl. Both LP versions will have a very special fold-out cover, so the price is slightly higher than usual (for us) for a standard double LP. Furthermore, all mailorder customers will also receive a download code with their vinyl version, which will not be available when buying the album in a shop or other online mailorder.

[JAMOOL]

can't believe this is just a few weeks away, these dudes rule

[Scrotum Scissor]

https://www.stickman-records.com/mot...nd-other-news/

The presale for the upcoming Motorpsycho album,

Christ, haven't they released three albums just along the course of this thread already?!

[karel hupjé]

https://www.stickman-records.com/mot...nd-other-news/

The presale for the upcoming Motorpsycho album, The Tower, will begin this coming Thursday, August 10th at 9:00 a.m. There will be three different formats available: a double CD, a double LP on black vinyl and a limited double LP on gold vinyl.

The gold vinyl edition sold out within hours, both at Rune and Stickmen.
Looking forward to it.

[mike_hunt]

https://www.stickman-records.com/mot...nd-other-news/

The presale for the upcoming Motorpsycho album, The Tower, will begin this coming Thursday, August 10th at 9:00 a.m. There will be three different formats available: a double CD, a double LP on black vinyl and a limited double LP on gold vinyl. Both LP versions will have a very special fold-out cover, so the price is slightly higher than usual (for us) for a standard double LP. Furthermore, all mailorder customers will also receive a download code with their vinyl version, which will not be available when buying the album in a shop or other online mailorder.

Was able to snag the gold LP this morning. Can't wait!!

[mike_hunt]

http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2017/0...view-premiere/

New song posted.

[100423]

http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2017/0...view-premiere/

New song posted.

Can't wait for the album!

[polmico]

Surprise! It has arrived straight from Stickman today!

So far (four songs into the first disc) no shocks, typical Psychonauting, maybe a little more groovy and riff orientated than the last few. (These are not negative comments, simply observations.)

[mike_hunt]

Surprise! It has arrived straight from Stickman today!

So far (four songs into the first disc) no shocks, typical Psychonauting, maybe a little more groovy and riff orientated than the last few. (These are not negative comments, simply observations.)

Awesome to hear! I was a little worried mine might not arrive in time to listen this weekend....I'm in Wilmington NC...fingers crossed it gets here tomorrow.

[mike_hunt]

http://motorpsycho.no/2017/09/album-tour-and-ep/

Another tour EP

[Scrotum Scissor]

The Tower is currently reveiving ace reviews here in the ol' land. Biggest Norwegian daily had esteemed jazz (and rock) recensionist Svein Andersen awarding it full house. He very rarely does that. Sum reads "despite the synths and pedals and mellotrons and the Yes/King Crimson echo, there's little corny bombast".

Have to say that I skipped the previous couple of releases, but I'm getting this double muffa on vinyl.

[polmico]

I've had a couple of spins so far, and I'll write some deeper impressions when I'm typing rather than tapping, but I'd say Monsters is a better album. I wouldn't skip anything the band does (I think this thread proves that), but I'd grab the previous album before this one, regardless of how much of a muffa it is or however many Norwegians hate Yes on their way to apologetically liking an album that bears absolutely no resemblance to anything Yes has ever done.

But he is right, I suppose: There is no corn in the bombast on this album. Not even a hint of dairy, either.

[Scrotum Scissor]

I'd grab the previous album before this one, regardless of how much of a muffa it is or however many Norwegians hate Yes on their way to apologetically liking an album that bears absolutely no resemblance to anything Yes has ever done.

But he is right, I suppose: There is no corn in the bombast on this album.

Either way, muffa is enuffa in da puffa-corn born a porn stuffa. And it not sound like Yes but Yaz. Not jazz but jizz.

[polmico]

That too. Just don't get any jizz in your corn puffs, and don't get any porn on your cuffs.

So the standout tracks are, so far, on the second disc.

"A Pacific Sonata" starts off with some nice easy breezy California hippy drip. Rather similar to "Sleepwalking" from the last album. Then it locks into a pretty forceful groove. New drummer Tomas Jarmyr shows a little more swing then Kapstad, but his playing is similar enough that if you blinked, you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference. Anyway, the song builds and build. You expect it to break. Solo? Chorus? Something? How about a compounding of instruments? Vibes (or maybe a celeste?), guitars, BASS pedals, Mellotron--the thing is relentless. It'll be a monster live. (Looked around the YouTube and didn't find it.)

"The Maypole" and "Stardust" sound like they could've come off of Phanerothyme. In fact, there's probably more hippy moments (again, see "A Pacific Sonata"s first half) on this album than the past few: the flute solo on "In Every Dream Home"; the 'tron washes on "The Cuckoo."

There's a really swell singalong on "A.S.F.E" (a song for everyone) that's pretty goshdarn infectious. "Ship of Fools" uses lots of Mellotron to build. There are heavy Sabbath like riffs (the opening of "Bartok"). There's some usual Psychonaut type exploration of fuzzy bass and bad ass guitar solos ("Intrepid Explorer"). Ryan, as should be expected, gets quite a few nice solos in before all's said and done.

Alain Johannes (??) guests on a few tracks, and the liner notes mention an "original plan" that the band would like to explore "some other time" with him. I'm assuming then we'll see something with him on it in the future. Given that the band releases 10-15 albums a year, that should be soon . . .

I think there's something on here for every Motorpsycho fan (and probably a lot of ProgEarers in general).

[100423]

Alain Johannes is legit. I'm looking forward to locking myself up in The Tower this weekend.

[polmico]

Bent discusses the new album, new drummer and new listening habits (Magma and VdGG) among other things.
https://www.betreutesproggen.de/2017...-on-the-Tower/

[smcfee]

This album rawks...

I do hear a Pawn Hearts-like ending on one track.

[polmico]

Oh my. Hope y'all are ready for . . . whatever this is (Demon Box live is likely):

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[JAMOOL]

looks like a book to me!!

[smcfee]

I'm sure they'll press 37 copies and it will be on Discogs for $500 in no time.

[polmico]

So. Yes. It's true what they say. The "A Boxful of Demons" thing we teased during christmas is in fact a huge Motorpsycho LP/CD/BOOK box set. That soon will be available. And of course it's limited edition The details:
In a few days, this beautiful box will be crowdfunded.
1000 lim. ed LP-box sets (300 gold vinyl/certificate (the first 100 are signed by the extended band + the author Lars Ramslie, 700 black vinyl)
1000 lim. ed CD box sets (incl. 300 with numbered certificates (100 of them signed)
Contains:
3 x 180 gram LP's in a gatefold sleeve, 3 books written by Lars Ramslie (in Norwegian only), Blue ray & 2CD's "Live at Rockheim" and 10 postcards.
Soon at funde.no

[polmico]

So it sounds like, if I'm reading that correctly, the CD set can be purchased separately from the LP set. This is a good thing.

I haven't had any luck finding it on "funde.no" yet. Refresh refresh refresh . . .

[polmico]

Pledge is up:
https://www.funde.no/project/view/119

Good to see there's a no vinyl version. This look like it'll be very, very good.

[polmico]

Some live albums coming. Old and new.
http://www.runegrammofon.com/newsletter/