"No sleep ´til Turku", I have no idea where Turku is, but I’m already struggling not to fall asleep during the first 2:50 minutes of the album! Extremely sluggish country rock that makes you yawn… When I pressed the eject button on the CD player, I almost dozed off, which is good, because the second song is a bit faster and the third one even more so…
And is this really the 10th album by M.O.T.O.? Who listens to something so boring? It must be Southern rockers who grew up with country-blues influences for at least 20 years. However, band leader Paul Caporino is from Chicago (did he move there or what?) and the rest of the band is from Finland, if I interpret the information I have correctly.
After 40 minutes (album length), I must admit I’m being a bit unfair to M.O.T.O., some of the 18 songs are actually not that bad, somewhat RAMONES-BLONDIE like (though their slower songs). Are these cover songs with new lyrics? At least that’s how these songs sound. Unfortunately, this handful of songs is just the exception; most of the songs are simply dull and sleep-inducing.
P.S. By the way, Turku is located at the southern tip of Finland!
