MOTORAMA from Rome
IT'S
A KILLER!!!IT'S A KILLER!!!IT'S A KILLER!!!IT'S A KILLER!!!IT'S A
KILLER!!!IT'S A KILLER!!!IT'S A KILLER!!!IT'S A KILLER!!!IT'S A
KILLER!!!IT'S A KILLER!!!
xxx MOTORAMA xxx
'Psychotronic Is The Beat!'
CD
1. Black And White
2. Tiki
Tramp
3. Tell Me! What!?
4. Chinese Blues
5. Gossip Reputation
6.
All Right!
7. I Do As I Like
8. Superalcoholic
9. Damaged Goods
10.
We Are Here, We Are Hungry
11. Candy Kisses
12. If You Could See me
xxx
featuring:
Margaret Doll Rod
vox & guitar on If you could see me
Filippo Cactus
vox on Candy Kisses
theremin on All right!
xxx
LP OUT IN SEPTEMBER on RADIATION RECORDS LIMITED EDITION 300!!
The brash and bratty MOTORAMA have been bashing skins and destroying strings
since their infantile inception in 2000.
This two piece, debaucherous duo from
Rome have really honed their low brow, mid-fidelity skills over the years and
are back with another bass-less dose of blues bent trash.
The two leading ladies
behind MOTORAMA, Daniela (Guitars, Keys Vox) and Laura (Drums, Vox), are no
strangers to the scene. Having self released their debut single in 2000,
followed by records on labels like Vida Loca, Bar La Muerte and Too Much Fish In
The Sea; MOTORAMA have built up a pretty strong back catalog including two 7''s,
a split single and their debut LP/CD, 'No Bass Fidelity'. Their debut full
length has sold over 2500 copies to date and the LP is currently out of print. A
pretty impressive feat in this day and age of limited edition records where more
value seems to be placed on the edition size of a record, than the actual music
that's contained on them.
Their grass roots mentality and punk rock approach has
taken them all across Europe playing bars and stages in France, Germany, UK,
Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Denmark, The Netherlands, Belgium and of
course Italy. And they even toured the US in mid- 2005.
'Psychotronic Is The Beat!'
is MOTORAMA's 2nd full length and packs 12 booze
filled tracks of guitar heavy squaller from two ladies who ain't too rough on
the eyes.
Imagine Kim Deal fronting the Oblivians and churning out riff after
riff of raw primitive garage rock.
MOTORAMA stear clear of the cutesy 'boy
crazy' realm like many of their femme rock contemporaries. Instead they opt to
plow through song after song of raw, thunderous caveman rock where the guitars
screams as loud as the vocals and the chords flawlessly spew from the band like
venom from an agitated Viper . Whether intended or not, when I listen to
'Psychotronic Is The Beat!', I do hear an underlying aura of brut Feminism
gushing from the speakers in a very self confidant 'ya we're broads and we can
rock it better than the dudes' sorta way without delving into any of those areas
lyrically.
The mid fi production really brings out the filthy, nasty guitar
scuzz which has always been an essential part of MOTORAMA's sound since the band
began. Musically the songs owe as much to early Jon Spencer as they do to the
Gories, Bikini Kill, Red Aunts or the Headcoatees and show that MOTORAMA can
definitely write grade A rock n roll tunes like the best of 'em.
'Psychotronic
Is The Beat!'
includes 11 new MOTORAMA rippers and a tweaked take on Gang Of
Four's 'Damaged Goods'.
'If You Could See Me' is a collaboration between the
band and Margaret from the Demolition Doll Rod where Margaret plays lead guitar
and handles lead vocal duties, while the band plays and sings back ups. It's
also the only track on the album where the band briefly lets their guard down
and shows more of their sensitive side. It's a mellow, downer track to close the
otherwise buzzsaw heavy guitar crunch of the rest of the record and adds a nice
somber outro to another killer MOTORAMA record.
Long time MOTORAMA fans won't be
disappointed!
Newbies into stuff like Mika Miko, the Intellectuals, the
Husbands, Headcoatees, Juanita Y Los Feos, Black Sunday or the Demolition Doll
Rods will definitely dig.
For fans of:
Fatals, Black Lips,
Forbidden Tigers, Demolition Doll Rods, Spaceshits, Mika Miko, TV Killers,
Haunted George, Hex Dispensers, Brimstone Howl, Live Fast Die, Cococoma, BBQ,
Oblivians, Spits, Demon's Claws, Reatards, etc.
Motorama on the web:
www.motorama.org
www.myspace.com/motoramaitaly
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