MOTORPSYCHO

It's always great to hear of a new release from veteran prog rockers (I'm two months late to say this). coming back in action with their own brand of returning to form but with only two of the original three. After having two pandemically conditioned albums in the can from Yay! (2023) to Neigh!! (2024), it's time for them to get back in their spaceship once more and return flight with their latest sole self-titled release.

From prog, cabaret, krautrock, pop-orientated, alternative rock, freak-out sessions, and psychedelic adventures, the band have gone back through the adventures once more to prove themselves that they can kick plenty of butts with mesmerising punches that come out of thin air

When I mention the krautrock genre, I could possibly tell Motorpsycho were listening to bands such as AMON DUUL CAN on 'Balthazaar'. They take listeners aboard the cosmic train into halogenic improvisations that bring to mind the two Michael's; Karoli and Rother. They combine the compositions between 'Mother Sky' and 'Hero' into one. Plus, adding in a bit of Hawkwind's curricular into the bees' knees of a heavy jam session.Then, a touch of the alternative rock vibes of the 1990s and going into a sing-along gem for 'Stanley (Tonight's The Night)' and 'Core Memory Corrupt'. You can just imagine these two songs being played during that time frame in the 90's.

The starting track kicks things off with a bang as they make the jump to light speed returning back to who they were years ago. Bent's revved-up bass sets up the course to light speed as they return to the Heavy Metal Fruit-era during their Rune Grammofon years, making sure that everything in our solar system is going according to plan as Ingvald and Hans lead the way to add in elements of flaming fire inside their hearts and minds to carry on more missions that awaits them.

But, wait a minute! What's going on? Do I sense a tip of the hat towards the geniuses of Led Zeppelin's heavy riffs that come into mind when it comes to 'The Comeback?' oh hell yeah! Reine Fiske leads the charge with Olaf Olsen in hot pursuit. Boy, do they know their source materials or what? Then, everything becomes a surreal nightmare when it comes to the ominous dark, clouds that are about to come in. From the haunting, folky lullaby on the 'Bed of Roses' to the 21-minute apocalypse 'Neotzar (The Second Coming)'. Oh, they got the machine guns all revved up and ready to attack.When Thea Grant channels her Lotte Lenya approach in the Cabaret textures, she imagines herself, singing this song during the events of The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and composed by Lotte's husband Kurt Weill. You feel as if Pirate Jenny walking alone in the streets of Germany in 1928, singing alone in a brothel, knowing that things are going to be different for the first two minutes of corruption to take over.The band switches gears as Motorpsycho gets back into their space shuttle as they ride off into massive solar power. Bent's mellotron, Hans' heavy guitar riffs, and Ingvald coming back into the forefront, this is no jam session folks, this is as heavy as far as the eye can see. Somehow, the heaviness moves into a gentle, classical, and ambient under watery effect as if you're in a dream.

Like something out of David Lynch's movies, Motorpsycho imagine themselves doing a film score inside their minds, creating this dark, surreal, yet almost nightmarish terror that's unveiling in front of your eyes. It then reaches a volcanic eruption, waiting to explode at any second as all hell is about to break loose in this rumbling effect the band walk into.I can't tell if its Bent or Hans playing the lead section on the guitar. If its one of them, they are taking it to the nth degree, going on this hypnotic mode as if they're not making a stop signal by returning home to Earth whilst channeling the arrangements of America's 'A Horse with No Name' for 'Three Frightened Monkeys' that come into shape but making it a mid-fast shuffle that'll burn your brain cells, nonstop.

This is a very engaging listen the whole way through, these guys create eclectic masterpieces, lengthy compositions and overall great music. These guys produce a piece that resemble some of their earlier work while bringing in new energy.

5.0

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