Reviews of The Battle…
Single Review: The Movements ‘The Battle Of Being In Love/My Inner Child’
The Movements, somehow, sent me a 45 through the post. I get pretty excited when a band sends me a 45. I can’t remember how they got my address or what… but on my doormat it landed, demandin’ to be played.And boy am I glad I stuck it on the turntable.
Basically, what ‘The Battle Of Being In Love/My Inner Child’ is, is two sides of Grade A, skuzzed out, psychedelic punk. Recorded DIY to analogue, these meatheads have vurped up a stonking great slab of primal rock ‘n’ roll, all tuff guitars and organs!
Both sides of the 45 are as good as each other, with ‘Battle’ just edging it on points for sheer bloody nerve. They produced the rekkid themselves and, judging from the results, they shouldn’t bother hiring anyone ever again. This is a killer 45!
The band will be in the UK on 25th May. They’ll be playing at The Cavern Club, Liverpool. Click here to hear more and find out more.
THE BATTLE OF BEING IN LOVE/MY INNER CHILD – The Movements (self released)
The first of a series of limited edition, analogue-recorded 45s from the band’s own studio to promote forthcoming tours by the ace Gothernberg garage-psych kings. It’s magic stuff. Run, don’t run, to your keyboard and order a copy here because they will become scarce. The A is a breakneck collision of agitated keyboards and spiraling guitar, a vamping explosion of sound that holds up against anything similar that’ll cross your path. Think the Music Machine with a gun. Scarifying guitar introduces the flipside before a quirky keyboard line kicks in and a strong chorus hits its stride. This is too good to only be heard by a few European ’60s punk fans and festival folk. Can’t wait to hear the album, due in late February ’08. These songs won’t be on it but it threatens to be a monster, regardless.
5/5 i94-Bar
“Fan fel hastighet!” Det var min första tanke när The Movements nya sjua
rullade igång på 45 RPM Sen börjar sången och jag blir glatt överraskad
av att Göteborgsbandet blivit snabba igen, lika snabba som på den tiden
som man började lyssna på dem och deras första 10″, till och med
snabbare. “The battle of being in love” är en väldigt frenetisk låt med
schysst damporgel och lite psychflum – toppa det med lite klassiska
Movements-skrik så har du du en grym singel. Movements berättar i sin
intervju här tidigare i tidningen att de ska släppa egna sjuor och det
låter ju alldeles strålande, detta är den första i samlingen, skaffa ditt
ex nu!
/From Denimzine