Austrian psychedelic rock band Mother’s Cake‘s fifth album, Ultrabliss, is out now on the Embassy Of Music label.
It marks the beginning of a brand-new chapter: largely freed from structural constraints, the Austrian band has never sounded as liberated as they do on this album, filled with the finest jams, creating a free-flowing adventure.
The instrumental opener ‘Clockwork’, with a running time of almost ten minutes, is noteworthy: featuring shimmering synth waves, Kraut beats and nods to the main musical theme from Stanley Kubrick’s cult filmA Clockwork Orange(1971), the epic opening track initially recalls a retro science fiction score before later incorporating sounds that can be described as Pink Floyd-inspired or even “Krauty.” Then comes a surprising twist: the upbeat ‘Feel Alright’ is a funky Brit-dance track that would suit Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, or Kasabian well. “I was very much part of the 2008 indie era, and the new album has a lot of those vibes”, confirmed singer, guitarist, and song architect Yves Krismer, who also has a passion for the classics of the sixties and seventies, from The Beatles to Jimi Hendrix.
Content-wise, Mother’s Cake‘s fifth album is shaped by the themes Krismer has always loved to sing about: “This whole world of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. All the things that don’t really exist anymore because most bands today prefer to play it safe.” For this reason, the Rated R warning sticker integrated into the colourful album artwork, reminiscent of American movies, fits well. The cinematic seventies cosmos established with the ‘Intro’ and Kubrick’s films can be seen as a conceptual red (or perhaps in this context, orange) thread running through the entire album.
