Moody Motorcycle is an album by Human Highway. It was mastered by Fedge. The album's photography was done by Jaime Hogge. It was released on CD as well as root-beer brown Vinyl.[1]
| Moody Motorcycle | |
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| Released | August 19, 2008 (Canada/US) |
| Recorded | 2008 |
| Genre | Indie pop/Indie rock |
| Length | 39:18 |
| Label | Suicide Squeeze (US), Secret City (CAN) |
| Producer | Jim Guthrie / Nick Thorburn |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Pitchfork Media | (5.7/10) link |
The album contains recordings of songs created by singer-songwriter Jim Guthrie and Nicholas Thorburn, backed up by Evan Gordon, Geordie Gordon and Aaron Harris from the band Islands. The album was recorded at Guthrie's apartment in one week.[2] Patrice Agbokou played bass on the song "My Beach".
Track listing
edit- "The Sound" – 2:44 (music: Guthrie/Thorburn, lyrics Guthrie, Thorburn)
- "All Day" – 3:32 (music: Guthrie, lyrics Guthrie/Thorburn)
- "Get Lost" – 3:52 (music: Thorburn, lyrics: Thorburn)
- "What World" – 3:33 (music: Guthrie, lyrics Guthrie/Thorburn)
- "Sleep Talking" – 3:34 (music: Thorburn, lyrics: Thorburn)
- "Moody Motorcycle" – 3:11 (music: Guthrie, lyrics Guthrie/Thorburn)
- "My Beach" – 2:55 (music: Thorburn, lyrics: Thorburn)
- "Ode to Abner" – 1:59 (music: Thorburn, lyrics: Thorburn)
- "Pretty Hair" – 3:46 (music: Thorburn, lyrics: Thorburn)
- "Vision Failing" – 3:16 (music: Thorburn, lyrics: Thorburn)
- "Duties of a Lighthouse Keeper (music: Guthrie, lyrics Guthrie/Thorburn)" – 3:51
- "I Wish I Knew" (music/lyrics: Dallas, Taylor) – 3:04
Reception
editSlant magazine describes the album as "breezy harmonies" with "acoustic balladeering".[3] while Pop Matters praised the album's pop-influenced catchy melodies.[4] The album was also reviewed by Tiny Mixtapes,[5] Toronto Star[6] and the North Adams Transcript[7] The reviews were generally fairly positive.
References
edit- ^ " Human Highway Moody Motorcycle". AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder
- ^ "Jim Guthrie Reunites With Islands' Nick Thorburn On Human Highway"[usurped], chartattack.com, April 9, 2008.
- ^ "Human Highway Moody Motorcycle" Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine. Wilson McBee, Slant, August 27, 2008
- ^ "Human Highway Moody Motorcycle". Pop Matters, Matthew Fiander, 9 September 2008
- ^ Tiny Mix Tapes review Archived 2009-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Pick of the Week Human Highway" Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont. Rayner, Ben, Aug 19, 2008 Page L.10
- ^ "The Music Box". North Adams Transcript via Newspaper Archives. September 26, 2008 - Page 12