TRUST US

On this 2CD set it is curious to hear the alternative rock roots of Norway's Motorpsycho (in contrast to the more retro psychedelic heavy prog approach they would adopt for the last 15 years). Well one of the reasons it was called alternative is because its difficult to classify. The stylistic range is broad - the pounding grunge of Psychonaut, the classic rock of Ozone, the dirty funky rock of Superstooge, the Led Zep-inspired densely layered heavy blues of 577, alternative pop rock with a sad Middle Eastern touch of Hey Jane, the hazy, dreamy Ocean in Her Eye, brooding, gentle-to-intense Vortex Surfer. But the overall sound is familiar to the early 90s heavy alternative rock sound - thick, trippy and self-serious - even when they don't want to be.