I'd think especially for musicians who really love their instruments, and fetishize gear and tone and such. Still, it's a real thrill ride of a record. Extremes of beauty and punishment!(I have to hear their earlier 2, but afraid i'll be disappointed...)
― Sanford, Thursday, 2 December 2010 06:24 (thirteen years ago) link
lol at my own jitterbut. and yeah, tones is ace, guitar occasionally reminds me of albini, both in recording and playing. two tracks off their previous LP on their myspace didn't do much for me, tbh.
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Thursday, 2 December 2010 06:32 (thirteen years ago) link
(I seem to recall motorpsycho being some sort of scandinavian grateful dead...)I didn't think of albini at all, but that makes sense. (bushman gtr sounds like he's using one of those metal guitar picks, and albini using that funny aluminum travis bean guitar. similar tones.)
― Sanford, Thursday, 2 December 2010 06:37 (thirteen years ago) link
bushman's revenge is sum nice shit
― champagne for my t-friends (Edward III), Thursday, 2 December 2010 06:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Weird drum panning. Is your floor tom really --------------------> over there?
― PEAVEY Ó))) (Ówen P.), Thursday, 2 December 2010 06:55 (thirteen years ago) link
bob dylan's piss poor theory on mono
― champagne for my t-friends (Edward III), Thursday, 2 December 2010 06:56 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― PEAVEY Ó))) (Ówen P.), Thursday, 2 December 2010 06:58 (thirteen years ago) link
best example of the albini-ish guitar playing/tone pops up at 0:40 or so, runs for only a couple bars, weird fidgetly little funkless chicken scratch riff with one contrasting note buzzing for counterpoint (wish i could describe what was going on here in clearer, less ignorant terms). anyway, it's strongly reminiscent of a favorite albini riff trick circa big black/rapeman, a personal touchstone. after that, i couldn't get the association out of my head, though the song overall has little in common w this style.
have listened to this song five times tonight.
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Thursday, 2 December 2010 06:59 (thirteen years ago) link
lol, song i'm referring to there = kill your jitterbug darlings
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Thursday, 2 December 2010 07:00 (thirteen years ago) link
"kill yr jitterbug darlings" reminding me of "babylon's burning" by the ruts
― champagne for my t-friends (Edward III), Thursday, 2 December 2010 07:06 (thirteen years ago) link
also reminding me of another underappreciated european instrumental band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yAHcJcf3AE
― champagne for my t-friends (Edward III), Thursday, 2 December 2010 07:20 (thirteen years ago) link
FUCK YEAH @ THIS
― gospermaban sim gishel (acoleuthic), Thursday, 2 December 2010 09:17 (thirteen years ago) link
love jitterbug, impressive stuff.
btw, the last Motorpsycho album (Heavy Metal Fruit) is really really good too - hard rock, prog and psychedelia mixed with a healthy dose of spiritual jazz. Sounds pretentious but it is not.sometimes they could indulge in grateful dead-like noodling, but when they're on they're the best live band in the world (check Roadwork 1). also they are able to write nice little pop tunes.
― Marco Damiani, Thursday, 2 December 2010 09:36 (thirteen years ago) link
^ yeah, the tracks i listened to were off that one. nice BÖC nod in the album title...
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Thursday, 2 December 2010 10:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Once I've finished listening to Vol. 4, I will be listening to this record.
― Neil S, Thursday, 2 December 2010 11:51 (thirteen years ago) link
xpostevery Blue Oyster Cult nod is more than welcome!
Motorpsycho's Timothy's Monster is like the Rosetta stone of 90's European rock (ok, I doesnt sound very appealing but I mean this in a good sense), while Angels & Daemons At Play and Blissard have plenty of good songs and space jams.
― Marco Damiani, Thursday, 2 December 2010 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I heard and liked Bushman's Revenge You Lost Me At Hello from 2009, but never heard the new one.
― xhuxk, Thursday, 2 December 2010 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
the thread title makes me want to hear this album.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 2 December 2010 14:36 (thirteen years ago) link
great stuff this
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 2 December 2010 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks for the tip on this. Listened to it on the commute this morning--reminded me more of a latter-day Sonny Sharrock record than anything else. I agree the mixing/panning was wierd, at least on headphones the bass seemed way too low.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 2 December 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
My vote for best title is 'Too Old to Die Young' btw.
my god this sounds like turgid flaccid old man's sunday-afternoon blues-rock music.prog rapeman would equal upsilon acrux, no? these guys make endless boogie sound like orthrelm.
― iglu ferrignu, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 09:34 (twelve years ago) link
There's a new Bushman's Revenge disc out or imminent - I haven't listened to it, but it's sitting here.
― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 11:55 (twelve years ago) link
I need to check this out
― dave coolier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
my god this sounds like turgid flaccid old man's sunday-afternoon blues-rock music.
you say that like it's a bad thing
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
digging this!
― dave coolier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that was kinda "harder-core-than-thou" of me which again is my hilarious involuntary hypocrisy ( i hate harder core than thou - dang ! ). but i didn't dig it & was kinda taken aback by the "prog rapeman" description which the describer says in the very same sentence is totaly inaccurate anyhow. duh! i guess they're kinda like tia carrere in a way ( who i prefer but have still gone off of )
― iglu ferrignu, Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
i really like the tia carrera album that came out last year. i've been playing it a bunch. great for earthless fans.
― scott seward, Thursday, 16 February 2012 14:16 (twelve years ago) link