Motorpsycho ~ Behind the Sun. Anticipation & Discussion thread

Because The Death Defying Unicorn was the best symphonic prog album since Nine Horses Snow Borne Sorrow

http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/motorpsycho/rcd-2155-motorpsycho-behind-the-sun-cd-2lp/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6279P1D6wxY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRV255s5Utg

That band just never rests! What do you think of Still Life With Eggplant? It seemed like I was the only person to acknowledge its existence let alone rate it for 2013 list.

I didn't know about it til I saw it on your list! gonna listen this week.

"ratcatcher" is an awesome epic jam and there's other good stuff. it doesn't hang together like death defying unicorn but i guess that's sort of the point?

Aided and abetted by Reine Fiske from Swedish fellow travellers Dungen, the overall sound on Behind The Sun puts me in mind of a Nordic Queens of the Stone Age slugging it out with late-70s Yes, while Neil Young officiates from behind a giant Mellotron.

http://thequietus.com/articles/14780-motorpsycho-behind-the-sun-review

Got the 2LP and the CD today. Just a few listens in, but so far it sounds really good to me, and I already prefer it to their previous album Still Life With Eggplant (which I consider MP's weakest album in their catalog). They should keep Reine Fiske though, he's a great asset to their sound (fingerpicked guitars!).

Some really great stuff, I like the more moody stuff best so far. Gotta listen some more.

Really, their weakest? If that's their weakest, then maybe I shouldn't ignore albums like Lobotomizer.

I really hope Fiske finally gets around to a new Dungen album this year.

Oh yeah that's right, forgot Lobotomizer. Anyway, Behind The Sun is pretty great about three spins in. I dig the final song a lot, the total unhingedness and freakedoutness of it.

Aided and abetted by Reine Fiske from Swedish fellow travellers Dungen, the overall sound on Behind The Sun puts me in mind of a Nordic Queens of the Stone Age slugging it out with late-70s Yes, while Neil Young officiates from behind a giant Mellotron.

well shit i can't NOT listen to this now

This is a cool album.

yeah this is great...i wouldn't have made the dungen connection but now i totally hear it

This album is getting better and better every time I play it. Might become one of my top 5 MP records. I just love the pastoral proggy moments and the moody mellotrons.

Is there anywhere in the U.S. to get a physical copy of this for non insane import prices? I suppose I could just settle for the $10 iTunes version, but I'd love a real copy.