Motorama
– Poverty (Talitres)
LP/CD/DL
30 March
2015
Russian
post-punk quintet release their third album.
Quite how Motorama have stayed such a big secret is
quite a mystery, but things may well change with their new album Poverty. Sounding like an 80s inspired Manchester
Indie band they take their influences from the post punk era with more than a
nod in the direction of Joy Division.
Had the genius that was Tony Wilson not been taken
from us too soon, they would undoubtedly have been ‘imported’ by the great
man. He would have seen their power and
energy, he would have seen their bravado, and he would have seen their promise.
Formed in the hip-hop capital of Southern Russia, the
port city of Rostov-on-Don they are currently billed as the Country’s most promising
musical export and quite rightly so. Skilfully
combining some memorable pop melodies with driving post-punk attitude, they are
heavy on bass and light on pretention.
Album opener, Corona is subtle and bouncy as it’s
jangly guitars merge with dark brooding vocals like a meeting between Johnny
Marr and Ian Curtis as occasional keyboard interludes add to the party creating
one of those great Indie sounding ditty’s that once filled the airwaves.
Dispersed Energy sees deep vocals with a frantic bass
sound over a hollow backing providing a pure Manchester soundtrack whilst Red
Drop bounces back to the poppy stuff that Motorama seem so capable of
making.
The open motorways, autobahns and freeways of the
World provide the metaphorical musical backdrop for Heavy Wave as it glides and
soars effortlessly over three and a half gorgeous minutes of near
perfection. Impractical Advice tips its
hat in the direction of 80s Indie/New Wave group Furniture (Love Your Shoes,
Brilliant Mind).
A trio of pacey, bass driven tracks in Lottery, Old
and Similar Way lead up to album closer Write To Me which again echoes sounds
of Joy Division and possibly enters the ground of early New Order and OMD.
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