The Motor Tapes The distance covered across the songs of this CD is
vast and impressive. We start in the Dandy Warhols brightly-lit
avenue, then cross the street to the suburbs of the Strokes
angular chug, take a detour through the cluburbs of electro-pop and
end up in a slo-mo dash
Yet, by the CDs end there is a sense that the
band havent yet arrived where they had intended. Each individual
track is distinct and offers undeniable potential but the tracks have
less impact when listened to in sequence as they are missing a through-line
of band identity. Essentially, the band seem to be lost in the murky forest
of their own record collections with a wayward compass and an MC Escher-drawn
map for https://www.facebook.com/MotorTapes By Rich NB This is a 2012 recording and the band have indeed moved on since then, see review here
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