Motorpsycho – Kingdom of Oblivion

 

 

Motorpsycho – Kingdom of Oblivion
Stickman / Konkurrent – 2021
Rock, Prog, Free
Rated: ****

When the new record of our jazzy Norwegian friends suddenly appeared a month or two ago; we immediately fell in love with the opening track The Waning Pt. 1 & 2. That driving rhythm, those propelling riffs, that melody, that theme, that refrain, all so wonderfully circling each other. Motorpsycho did it again! It was only after shouting it out across every rooftop we could find that we loved the new Motorpsycho album that we read the press-release. After which we found out that most of Kingdom of Oblivion was recorded during the The All Is One sessions and that the boys just did not think these compositions would fit among that majestic release. Well, we’re lucky that they at least released them, cause hottdamn, these are so intense and so good once again. Cause we already mentioned that circling aspect, but it is so prevalent on this record and it seems to do so around every conceived theme. They often feel like giant improvisations that immediately turned into a full fledged rock song. And then there is the meaning behind it all, the bigger picture, the larger legacy; so well described by Jasper from that great No Man’s Valley outfit and his own Weirdo Shrine blog: “Motorpsycho at least spoke out, had their say. It might not be too late for us. But if it is, and some future civilization will dig out this record they will hear a perfect echo of what this age of man was about: what great powers of creation we possess, and what great powers of destruction at the same time.” Kingdom of Oblivion, another warning and another great moment in music…

(Written by JK)

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