TRUST US

With 2CDs spawning 81 minutes, "Trust Us" is definitely the ultimate Motorpsycho album from their early period. There's nothing I'd label filler, making this is a remarkably consistent album from these Norwegians.

As with all Motorpsycho albums, "Trust Us" covers an extensive range of styles, with influences from Sonic Youth's alternative rock, Sabbath's heaviness, Beatles' psychedelic pop, and, certainly on the longer tracks of this album, an oriental flavor that reminds of Led Zeppelin's "Physical Graffity". The dirty grinding Stooges rock of the opening track "Psychonaut" needs a separate mention, it's an instant classic. Simply brilliant what you can achieve with just one riff repeated for 5 minutes.

Over the course of the preceding albums, the band had been fine-tuning their original grunge/stoner sound to something more subtle, textured and ambitious. "Trust Us" is an end-point in that evolution. The next couple of albums would explore more poppier terrain.

Prog fans beware as this is still far removed from the Progressive direction they took with "Little Lucid Moments" and "Heavy Metal Fruit", but if you feel like rocking out, this is one to get.