{"id":11561,"date":"2020-04-11T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=11561"},"modified":"2020-04-07T21:46:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T21:46:19","slug":"mean-motor-scooter-mr-sophistication-ep-dreamy-life-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=11561","title":{"rendered":"Mean Motor Scooter &#8211; \u2018Mr Sophistication\u2019 EP (Dreamy Life Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/104720.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11562 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/104720-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/104720-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/104720-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/104720-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/104720.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>While this is a new band to me, Mean Motor Scooter previously released the \u2018Hindu Flying Machine\u2019 album, plus other EPs, but they seem to be finding their niche here. The reviews name check the B52s and Dead Kennedys, of which more later. These five tracks seem quite at home in the current, warm spell, isolation notwithstanding. It\u2019s kind of beach music, kind of dance music, but, whatever you want to call it, it\u2019s catchy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Aristobrat\u2019 pairs a sunny, upbeat tune to the lyrics \u201cI play my best when I feel depressed\u201d. It\u2019s practically jaunty, in a \u201cdamn you pesky kids\u201d kind of way. \u2018The Void\u2019 comes on like a rival gang to King Salami And The Cumberland Three, staccato riff and dance beat, but with added organ swirls. Any time is a good time to dance, but especially these days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Portals\u2019 is a side-step into a freakier world. Starting off like Syd Barrett\u2019s poppier moments, before crashing into louder psyche-pop. \u2018Zombie Cop\u2019 is where the B52s comparisons are warranted, which is no bad thing. The organ and backing vocals compliment the riff, and the frenetic voice of main Scooter Sammy Kidd is nodding in the direction of Biafra. This continues on the final song, \u2018Put Me Down Like A Dog\u2019, a wall of surf-fuzz wipeout music, berating all the things he can\u2019t do. Well, we can currently all relate, unexpectedly, to that. But, this is certainly good-time music. Mean Motor Scooter aren\u2019t taking themselves hugely seriously, but are committed to the tunes. Get groovy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/meanmotorscootermusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author: Martin Chamorette<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While this is a new band to me, Mean Motor Scooter previously released the \u2018Hindu Flying Machine\u2019 album, plus other EPs, but they seem to be finding their niche here. The reviews name check the B52s and Dead Kennedys, of which more later. These five tracks seem quite at home in the current, warm spell, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[4769,4767,4768,4770],"class_list":["post-11561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-dreamy-life-records","tag-meam-motor-scooter","tag-mt-sophistication","tag-new-ep","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11564,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11561\/revisions\/11564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}