''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.
The album contains recordings of songs created by singer-songwriter
Jim Guthrie and
Nicholas Thorburn, backed up by
Evan Gordon
Islands is a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec. The group was founded in 2005 by Nicholas Thorburn and Jamie Thompson, shortly after the breakup of The Unicorns, of which both were members. Their current lineup includes Thorbur ...
,
Geordie Gordon
Geordie Gordon is a Canadian musician and music producer known for performing alone and as part of musical acts including Islands, U.S. Girls, The Magic, and The Barmitzvah Brothers.
Gordon was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario. His father i ...
and
Aaron Harris from the band Islands. The album was recorded at Guthrie's apartment in one week.
[, chartattack.com, April 9, 2008.] Patrice Agbokou played bass on the song "My Beach".
Track listing
#"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
''Slant'' magazine describes the album as "breezy harmonies" with "acoustic balladeering". while ''Pop Matters'' praised the album's pop-influenced catchy melodies. The album was also reviewed by Tiny Mixtapes, ''Toronto Star''
"Pick of the Week Human Highway"
''Toronto Star'' - Toronto, Ont. Rayner, Ben, Aug 19, 2008 Page L.10 and the North Adams Transcript["The Music Box"]
''North Adams Transcript'' via Newspaper Archives. September 26, 2008 - Page 12 The reviews were generally fairly positive.
References
External links
SuicideSqueeze.net
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Suicide Squeeze Records albums
2008 albums
Human Highway (band) albums