Yay!

Yay!
Yay!
Studio album by Motorpsycho
Released	June 16, 2023
Genres	Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, alternative rock
Length	42:03
Labels	Stickman Records, Det Nordenfjeldske Grammofonselskab
Producers	Reine Fiske, Lars Fredrik Swahn
Motorpsycho chronology

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(74/100)
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Sputnikmusic

Yay! is a studio album by Norwegian rock band Motorpsycho, released on June 16, 2023, through Det Nordenfjeldske Grammofonselskab and Stickman Records. The album is available in vinyl, CD, cassette and digital download formats. It contains the last contribution of drummer Tomas Järmyr, leaving only two band members.

Musical style

The album shifts considerably away from the past few records' relatively heavy progrock/psychedelic rock towards an acoustic guitar induced mellow psychedelia with influences of folk music, a genre the band has practiced in the past, though.

The cover art is inspired by the 1995 album Wowee Zowee of Pavement.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bent Sæther.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cold & Bored"	4:00
2.	"Sentinels"	4:21
3.	"Patterns"	5:10
4.	"Dank State"	3:18
5.	"W.C.A."	4:15
6.	"Real Again (Norway shrugs and stays at home)"	3:02
7.	"Loch Meaninglessness & the Mull of Dull"	2:54
8.	"Hotel Daedalus"	7:46
9.	"Scaredcrow"	1:49
10.	"The Rapture"	5:28
Total length:		42:03

Personnel

Motorpsycho

Bent Sæther – lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 6–8, 10), background vocals (1–3, 5), acoustic guitars (1–10), Mellotron (1, 3, 5, 8–10), Wurlitzer (2), Omnichord (2, 7), bass guitar (3, 5, 8, 10), mandolin (7), engineering
Hans Magnus Ryan – lead vocals (3, 5), background vocals (1–8, 10), acoustic guitar (1, 2), electric guitars (3, 5, 8, 10), slide guitar (3), engineering
Tomas Järmyr – percussion (1–5, 7, 8, 10), congas (1–2, 5, 7, 8, 10), glockenspiel (1), background vocals (2, 4, 7), drums (3, 5, 8), gong (8), engineering

With

Reine Fiske – electric guitar (1, 3, 5, 9), zither (1, 2, 4), violin (1, 10), ambiance (6), slide guitar (8), string arrangement (8, 10), acoustic guitar (9, 10), keyboards (10), producer
Lars Fredrik Swahn – background vocals (1–5, 10), synth bass (1), synthesizer (3), keyboards (5, 8), ambiance (6), producer
Josefin Runsten – violins & violas (8, 10)
Lisa Maria Linnéa Isaksson – flutes, background vocals
Helge Sten – mastering

References

↑ "Yay! | Motorpsycho | Motorpsycho Official". motorpsycho.bandcamp.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
↑ "Yay!". Metacritic. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
↑ Jurek, Thom. "Yay! Review by Thom Jurek". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
↑ Sunnyvale. "Motorpsycho: Yay!". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
↑ "Yay! - Motorpsycho | Album". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
↑ "Review: Motorpsycho - Yay!". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
↑ "Yay! / Motorpsycho / Motorpsycho Official". Bandcamp. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
↑ "Yay! / Motorpsycho / Motorpsycho Official". Bandcamp. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
↑ "Motorpsycho - Yay! / Releases / Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

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[Metacritic-2] "Yay!". Metacritic. Retrieved April 5, 2024.

[allmusic-3] Jurek, Thom. "Yay! Review by Thom Jurek". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2024.

[sputnikmuskc-4] Sunnyvale. "Motorpsycho: Yay!". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved April 5, 2024.

[allmusic2-5] "Yay! - Motorpsycho | Album". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2024.

[sputnikmusic-6] "Review: Motorpsycho - Yay!". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved April 5, 2024.

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