{"id":13983,"date":"2014-11-24T01:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T06:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=13983"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:51:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:51:24","slug":"album-review-mothership-mothership-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=13983","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Mothership &#8211; Mothership II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mothership &#8211; II<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Release Date:<\/strong> <strong>2014<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Label: Ripple Music<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I first heard Mothership\u2019s debut album I remember being on the fence. I couldn\u2019t really decide whether I really liked it or not because something just wasn\u2019t clicking with me. Well, once I saw them live I realized right away that it was just the fact that the bands energy and sonic, spacey vibe just got lost in translation. The album did very little to capture what I was seeing live. When Mothership released their follow \u201cII\u201d this year, I was a bit apprehensive but because I enjoyed them live so fucking much I had to give it a try.<\/p>\n<p>Right off the bat with \u201cCelestrial Prophet\u201d and \u201cPriestess of the Moon\u201d I was totally blown away. The difference between this album and the debut was night and day. It was such a sonic improvement and \u201cII\u201d really captured that essence, that vibe that Mothership projects in a live environment. Just as I was really getting cooking on this album, along comes \u201cShanghai Surprise.\u201d This song is a real bummer to be honest. I found this song to be juvenile, boring, and something that I would\u2019ve expected to hear on a later era White Wizzard album. Only three songs in and hearing this dud totally made me nervous.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/174115772&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The next couple of songs really didn\u2019t do a whole lot for me but then all of the sudden a welcomed shift in dynamics arrived in the form of \u201cHot Smoke and Heavy Blues.\u201d This particular tune could\u2019ve been a long lost Motorhead classic and I really enjoyed the hell of this one. As the album progressed I just felt like it kind of plodded on without any real direction. Don\u2019t get me wrong, the songs didn\u2019t suck (except for Shanghai Surprise) but none of the songs just really seemed to capture me and real excite me.<\/p>\n<p>Mothership is a band that I like. I really enjoy seeing them live and the energy level that they put out live really sets a great tone for a fun experience but on album, I just don\u2019t feel that same excitement or gravitational pull. Sometimes it\u2019s ok to not love a band. There are plenty of bands that I like and will always go see live because I enjoy it and that\u2019s ok. Not every band can be a band you love. With \u201cII\u201d, Mothership solidified themselves as a band that \u201clike\u201d and you know what? I\u2019m just find with that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mothership &#8211; II Release Date: 2014 Label: Ripple Music When I first heard Mothership\u2019s debut album I remember being on the fence. I couldn\u2019t really decide whether I really liked it or not because something just wasn\u2019t clicking with me. Well, once I saw them live I realized right away that it was just the fact that the bands energy and sonic, spacey vibe just got lost in translation. The album did very little to capture what I was seeing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,277],"tags":[920],"class_list":["post-13983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-music-news","tag-mothership"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19749,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13983\/revisions\/19749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}