Yay! (Motorpsycho album)

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Yay!
Studio album by
Motorpsycho
ReleasedJune 16, 2023[1]
GenrePsychedelic rock, progressive rock, alternative rock
Length42:03
LabelStickman Records
ProducerReine Fiske, Lars Fredrik Swahn
Motorpsycho chronology
Ancient Astronauts
(2022) 		Yay!
(2023)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(74/100)[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Sputnikmusic[4]

Yay! is a studio album by Norwegian rock band Motorpsycho, released on June 16, 2023, through Stickman Records. The album is available in vinyl, CD, cassette and digital download formats. It contains the last contribution of drummer Tomas Järmyr, leaving only two band members.[5]

Musical style[edit]

The album shifts considerably away from the past few records' relatively heavy progrock/psychedelic rock towards an acoustic guitar induced mellow psychedelia with influences of folk music, a genre the band has practiced in the past, though.[6]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Bent Sæther.

No.TitleLength
1."Cold & Bored"4:00
2."Sentinels"4:21
3."Patterns"5:10
4."Dank State"3:18
5."W.C.A."4:15
6."Real Again (Norway shrugs and stays at home)"3:02
7."Loch Meaninglessness & the Mull of Dull"2:54
8."Hotel Daedalus"7:46
9."Scaredcrow"1:49
10."The Rapture"5:28
Total length:42:03

Personnel[edit]

Motorpsycho[7]
  • Bent Sæther – lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 6–8, 10), background vocals (1–3, 5), acoustic guitars (1–10), Mellotron (1, 3, 5, 8–10), Wurlitzer (2), Omnichord (2, 7), bass guitar (3, 5, 8, 10), mandolin (7), engineering
  • Hans Magnus Ryan – lead vocals (3, 5), background vocals (1–8, 10), acoustic guitar (1, 2), electric guitars (3, 5, 8, 10), slide guitar (3), engineering
  • Tomas Järmyr – percussion (1–5, 7, 8, 10), congas (1–2, 5, 7, 8, 10), glockenspiel (1), background vocals (2, 4, 7), drums (3, 5, 8), gong (8), engineering
With[8]
  • Reine Fiske – electric guitar (1, 3, 5, 9), zither (1, 2, 4), violin (1, 10), ambiance (6), slide guitar (8), string arrangement (8, 10), acoustic guitar (9, 10), keyboards (10), producer
  • Lars Fredrik Swahn – background vocals (1–5, 10), synth bass (1), synthesizer (3), keyboards (5, 8), ambiance (6), producer
  • Josefin Runsten – violins & violas (8, 10)
  • Lisa Maria Linnéa Isaksson – flutes, background vocals[9]
  • Helge Sten – mastering

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Yay! | Motorpsycho | Motorpsycho Official". motorpsycho.bandcamp.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  2. ^ "Yay!". Metacritic. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  3. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Yay! Review by Thom Jurek". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  4. ^ Sunnyvale. "Motorpsycho: Yay!". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  5. ^ "Yay! - Motorpsycho | Album". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  6. ^ "Review: Motorpsycho - Yay!". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  7. ^ "Yay! / Motorpsycho / Motorpsycho Official". Bandcamp. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Yay! / Motorpsycho / Motorpsycho Official". Bandcamp. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Motorpsycho - Yay! / Releases / Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
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