CD Review
Here's a review of Be the Engine from Indie-music.com:
By Dan MacIntosh
With a name like The Motor Primitives, I expected this music to be filled with high-powered and straight-forward rock bluster. But Pam Barrett’s pretty singing is placed over relatively gentle guitar rock instead.
The best song of this short, five-song set is titled “Silent One.” It borrows The Beatles’ guitar riff from “I Feel Fine,” but this bit of song-swiping still doesn’t prevent it from making the listener feel mighty fine from beginning to end. The disc opens with the title track, which rolls with a chugging, blues-based riff. The next track is titled “Canopy,” which is closer to a folk tune. “In The Rise & Fall” is light rock, and the CD’s closer is a quiet one called “Sundown,” which is perfect last song for day’s end.
The group is from Madison, Wisconsin, and also features Robin Davies on drums, Kat Spring on guitars, and Matthew Sanborn switching from bass, to guitar, to percussion, to fill out its lineup. Adam Powell also adds Moog to “Sundown.”
Lyrically, “In the Rise & Fall” is the most memorable song here, word-wise. Its refrain of “Let it go” is a reminder that human beings simply cannot control every little thing in their surroundings, and thus must let it go sometimes. It also has one of Barrett’s most passionate vocal performances.
The Motor Primitives are not a blisteringly fast speedway act, but Be the Engine nevertheless has more than enough power to get the group where it’s going.
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And now, my response:
"relatively gentle rock" - Yes! Compared to insanely distorted grunge crap. I prefer the term "tasteful."
"It borrows The Beatles’ guitar riff from 'I Feel Fine'” - Wrong! If anything, I stole...I mean borrowed...it from Rockpile. I promise I'll give it back!
By Dan MacIntosh
With a name like The Motor Primitives, I expected this music to be filled with high-powered and straight-forward rock bluster. But Pam Barrett’s pretty singing is placed over relatively gentle guitar rock instead.
The best song of this short, five-song set is titled “Silent One.” It borrows The Beatles’ guitar riff from “I Feel Fine,” but this bit of song-swiping still doesn’t prevent it from making the listener feel mighty fine from beginning to end. The disc opens with the title track, which rolls with a chugging, blues-based riff. The next track is titled “Canopy,” which is closer to a folk tune. “In The Rise & Fall” is light rock, and the CD’s closer is a quiet one called “Sundown,” which is perfect last song for day’s end.
The group is from Madison, Wisconsin, and also features Robin Davies on drums, Kat Spring on guitars, and Matthew Sanborn switching from bass, to guitar, to percussion, to fill out its lineup. Adam Powell also adds Moog to “Sundown.”
Lyrically, “In the Rise & Fall” is the most memorable song here, word-wise. Its refrain of “Let it go” is a reminder that human beings simply cannot control every little thing in their surroundings, and thus must let it go sometimes. It also has one of Barrett’s most passionate vocal performances.
The Motor Primitives are not a blisteringly fast speedway act, but Be the Engine nevertheless has more than enough power to get the group where it’s going.
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And now, my response:
"relatively gentle rock" - Yes! Compared to insanely distorted grunge crap. I prefer the term "tasteful."
"It borrows The Beatles’ guitar riff from 'I Feel Fine'” - Wrong! If anything, I stole...I mean borrowed...it from Rockpile. I promise I'll give it back!
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