You got it ;-)
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
Looking at the tracklist of Roadwork Vol 1, I see "Black To Comm." Is that the same song that was the chaotic highlight of MC5's shows?
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 12:58 (six years ago) link
Yes, it's an MC5 cover.
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 13:42 (six years ago) link
did most of the folks who prefer the 90s albums first hear them in the 90s?
Yes, me too. Although I'd say there is a fair amount of prog on Trust Us and Angels & Daemons, especially compared to your typical 90s indie rock stuff. Actually I was a little disappointed when hearing Trust Us for the first time, thinking "oh great, now they just went and made a double album with that retro 70s stuff". A few spins later it suddenly became the best thing ever though. :)
― sonderpop, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 14:22 (six years ago) link
I'm not against the 90s / 00s stuff but yeah it's that thing of not feeling the need to revisit that general vibe having largely left it behind back in the early - mid 90s, although I'll still listen to choice cuts from the likes Mercury Rev or Sonic Youth from time to time.
I don't know if Motorpsycho's more recent stuff is more 70s influenced (I guess it is) but that feels both more timeless and fertile, to me.
The track frogbs posted above is very nice and I will keep checking things out. The discography doesn't seem that daunting actually.
If I give Angels & Daemons a go is there good reason to go for one of the expanded versions?
― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
Holy shit, I never really looked into these expanded reissues until now... there's an entire leftover album from the Blissard era? Whoa... whoa... whoa...
Regarding A & D, the reissue seems to focus a lot on "Un Chien d'Espace" (and related things) which is an amazing track and to me the moment when their prog thing really took off, so it might be of interest to you. But maybe someone who actually heard it can give better advice.
― sonderpop, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 15:41 (six years ago) link
Yeah When The World Sleeps. From the liner notes:
Of course, for fanatical motorpsychologists, it is nothing short of the holy grail we're now being granted access to--a complete, unreleased album from 1995. And don't be surprised to find it shockingly homogenic, to the point of being monolithic. More than anything, it points towards the present day Motorpsycho--conceptual, heavy as lead, and progressive in the literal sense of the word. Why on earth was this left behind? I dare speculate; it was possibly slightly ahead of its time even for its makers. In 1995...this one would seriously confuse the shit out of everybody, with an absolute nought of commercial potential. But here we are...What in the world happened here? Did they deliberately attempt to play very slow? Not that this one gets so far as Sunn O))) or the early outings of Sigur Ros--this is still comfortably within range--but there's not much upbeat tempo here, and where it appears it still seems connected to the rest.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 28 September 2017 13:42 (six years ago) link
A&D also has a 2+ hour live set, excellently recorded too. Given the very reasonable price of the set it's worth getting for that alone. The 30-minute opener with Deathprod (an ambient/noise piece called "Komet") is kind of a waste but the rest is excellent.
Not sure how I feel about the extra album on Blissard yet. Sometimes it sounds really great, but I can see why they didn't release it. Some of the tracks would appear on their EPs though (often massively reworked of course)
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 September 2017 14:13 (six years ago) link
"a pacific sonata" at the roundabout on terrapin station
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 19 October 2017 13:38 (six years ago) link
These guys have one of the most satisfying discographies to alternately zone out or rock out to on shuffle
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 13:45 (four years ago) link
...and yet The All Is One is a bit of a letdown for me, some of the wilder stretches excepted. I feel like they've hit a wall with this sound.
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Monday, 31 August 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
had a new song in my release radar on spotify, sounded okay but the lyrics...yeesh...hearing the phrase "fake news" in lyrics, i'm out
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 August 2020 20:09 (three years ago) link
yeah that's the opener, and the lyrics are extremely cringe
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Thursday, 3 September 2020 15:44 (three years ago) link
their lyrics are usually pretty bad, its often best just not to pay attention to them at all
― frogbs, Thursday, 3 September 2020 16:08 (three years ago) link
btw I am listening to Death Defying Unicorn tonight and kinda thinkin it might be one of the best prog albums ever made
― frogbs, Sunday, 6 September 2020 03:05 (three years ago) link
it's good as hell, despite sounding completely awful in theory
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 September 2020 03:08 (three years ago) link
didactic lyrics can come across a little too neal morse, sure, but \m/ "night of pan" \m/ is "awaken"-level
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
yeah I mean I don't generally come to prog for great lyrics but that just stuck out so bad
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 16:52 (three years ago) link
bring it
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― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 7 March 2021 22:57 (three years ago) link
I have finally listened to these guys; up this this point the only thing i knew about them was that my friend Andy who lives in the UK was a giant fan, and given his general tastes I assumed they were rather more Monster Magnet than they are. I'm pretty excited to spend time with these albums, I love a catalog where any record might sound completely different from another one. So far love Demon Box, Timothy's Monster, and the Tower.
― akm, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
I was pretty sure Motorpsycho was a band a bunch of you made up as a prank on me, but then I saw their listing on Discogs.
Now I know you've got a mole at Discogs helping out with the prank.
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 04:48 (two years ago) link
new one's out. sounds like motorpsycho.
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 16 April 2021 13:31 (two years ago) link
I do like them a lot but idk how often they need to release this album lol
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 16 April 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
I've only heard parts - waiting for my copy to arrive like a good psychonaut - but yeah the consensus seems to be "I'm still trying to get the last one", almost Autechre-esque from these guys at this point.
― frogbs, Friday, 16 April 2021 14:51 (two years ago) link
prog unplugged YAY! is as nice a comedown as post-metal opeth damnation
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 16 June 2023 20:47 (nine months ago) link