Motorfingers
Goldfish Motel
logic(il)logic Records
2016
Motorfingers is an Italian quintet out of Modena, with a few albums under their belt and a number of lineup changes. Their latest incarnation which sports a couple of new members including a new singer, delivers a new album, some elven new songs and the closest thing I could compare this with would be the alternative/crossover punk sister of the Eldritch offshoot “Vicious Mary”… if it happened anno 2016. It’s decidedly less melodic and more rhythmical, modern and alt, but it by saying less melodic that doesn’t mean it’s not melodic at all, just not that much.
The problem with “Goldfish Motel” is that it recycles it’s atmosphere, beats and riffs quite a bit, so only “Behind This Fire” and “Day of Dawn” sort of stood out a bit out of what seemed like a monotonous stream of songs to similar with one another to really pick your mind. The fuzzy production, that doesn’t lack strength, is not all that helpful either, but it could have been a lot worse, so I don’t consider it as much a deal-breaker. Tiresome…
The problem with “Goldfish Motel” is that it recycles it’s atmosphere, beats and riffs quite a bit, so only “Behind This Fire” and “Day of Dawn” sort of stood out a bit out of what seemed like a monotonous stream of songs to similar with one another to really pick your mind. The fuzzy production, that doesn’t lack strength, is not all that helpful either, but it could have been a lot worse, so I don’t consider it as much a deal-breaker. Tiresome…