LITTLE LUCID MOMENTS

After the highly ambitious album of Black Hole / Blank Canvas, Motorpsycho, 2 years later, would do hard work on their next outing, that being a highly prog rock sounding record that allowed to not only embrace their more progressive sentimentalities thoroughly, but also change entirely for the next half of their discography, and for the better, as for this record, Little Lucid Moments, they decided to go really big for what they wanted to do.

This album is composed of 4 really long songs, most notably the 21 minute epic of Suite: Little Lucid Moments, which comprises four parts that are all jams that intermingle within the band's more progressive frontiers. I'd say all of these songs are crafted in such a way that no matter how many listens I go through with this album, I never get bored. I think the band going for a huge and more jammy sound that bands like Hawkwind, and Amon Duul II composed in the 70s lets this breathe an entirely new life into Motorpsycho that I felt was highly needed since Blissard, but also in a way that feels very Motoresque.

The highlight for this album, for me, is the big epic. Just how they can make such a jammy and free form song into this glorious suite that takes homage with psych rock, space rock, prog rock, and krautrock, and not only merge them together in a seriously impressive and vibrant way, but also for them to play some seriously complicated music for so long is just impressive. I just love how this band can shape their sounds in such creative ways. Hell, I think a jam of this caliber may be the source of inspiration for many neo-psych bands like King Gizzard and Thee Oh Sees, as both those bands would go on to create huge jam epics like The Dripping Tap and Henchlock.

The other three tracks of Year Zero, She Left on the Sun Ship, and The Alchemyst are also extremely good in what they do with a more heavy psych rock structure. Heck, I think Year Zero, at the beginning, has some post rock ideology within it that sounds very much like Mogwai or Don Caballero. It just shows the band is more than a proggy psych rock band from Norway as they can do many more genres too.

There are some artists that slowly change their sounds to where their old one is non-existent, but I think Motorpsycho really does a good job in making their records feel entirely new whilst also showcasing their love for their more heavier sounds of the past. Little Lucid Moments shows that in spades, and shows that, while the band is away from their more grunge ideals of Lobotimizer and Demon Box, they are still the band to go for when you want those big meaty chords, or those powerful jams. It is the band's first ultimatum of a record since Timothy's Monster, and I think it is an essential record for any psych and prog rock fan. It may not be the longest in terms of tracklisting, but each song is their own gold mine of beautiful rubies and diamonds for you to spelunk your way through.