Psyche - Mystery Hotel + [8 Bonus] (CD)
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Released on: 08. July 2016
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628070623327 - Weight: 95g
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Following the success of Insomnia Theatre and Unveiling the Secret, Psyche turned to a classic
wave sound on their third and most polished album, Mystery Hotel. While the industrial influence
heard on earlier material is less pronounced, Mystery Hotel is in many ways the darkest Psyche
album. The demons are alive on tracks like Wake the Flood Unconscious, Nocturnal Passenger
and The Outsider, and even poppier numbers like Eternal and Insatiable are, at their core, still
melancholia at its finest.
But the tone of this record, and the key to its brilliant longevity, is the blues influence which is
sometimes hidden but sometimes, like on the opener Make No Mistake, out in the open as if to
say 'yeah we do blues and new wave so what.' When singer Darrin Huss croons HA HA HA HO,
he's not just echoing the synthline; he's challenging the whole synthpop construction. Uncivilized,
inspired by the brother's fervent joy of ZZ Top, captures this tension perfectly.
On Mystery Hotel, Psyche take Soft Cell and The Doors, and roll them into one crazy insomniac
beast. And it works so well you don't mind being one of the insomniacs yourself: Insatiable is an
earworm if there ever was one, and Wake the Flood Unconscious is just about the slickest under
-three-minutes hangover track you've ever heard. And then there's the brooding, dense marshland
that is The Outsider, a synthpop track that borders on psychedelia and shimmers with a brilliance
that is possibly unmatched in the Psyche catalogue.
The Artoffact Records reissue is completely remastered and includes several bonus tracks which
have never before been released.
Tracklisting:
No. |
Track |
Time |
1 |
Make no Mistake |
-- |
2 |
Insatiable |
-- |
3 |
Wake the Flood unconscious |
-- |
4 |
The Outsider |
-- |
5 |
You’re the only One |
-- |
6 |
Uncivilized |
-- |
7 |
Ride on |
-- |
8 |
Dreamstreet |
-- |
9 |
Nocturnal Passenger (album edit) |
-- |
10 |
Eternal |
-- |
11 |
Bonus: Insatiable (US mix) |
-- |
12 |
Bonus: Eternal (Club mix) |
-- |
13 |
Bonus: Anguish |
-- |
14 |
Bonus: Prisoner to Desire (Live EP) |
-- |
15 |
Bonus: Unveiling the Secret (Live EP 1987) (*) |
-- |
16 |
Bonus: Make no Mistake (Live EP 1987) (*) |
-- |
17 |
Bonus: Wake the Flood unconscious (Live EP 1987) (*) |
-- |
18 |
Bonus: Taking Chances (Live EP 1987) (*) |
-- |
(*) = first time ever on CD
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