Motrik - Safety Copy [CD]

The long tail of Krautrock in all its droney, repetitive permutations continues to be felt in modern music, some 40+ years after artists like Faust, Kraftwerk, and Can arrived in the world. It’s what you do with those influences that matters. And no one is doing more with the raw materials of this sound than Møtrik. Through seven extended jams, Møtrik nod to their German forebears while applying their expertise in post-rock, garage punk, prog, and more to those well-loved templates. Album closer “Moving Destinations” drifts in slowly from a fog of ambient synth and guitar before falling into the steady gallop of Ritter’s drums that leads them on a circuitous journey to an explosive, proto-metal conclusion. Earlier in the album, there’s an almost neon-lit new wave glow around “King of Tonga” were it not for Amato’s downright filthy guitar tone and some welcome modular honking to keep it from getting too self-serious.