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Motjiva — In the Dark We Flee
Album: We Better Free Ourselves
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6.8

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Total ratings: 345









Released: 2008
Length: 3:28
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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 Baby_M wrote:
Dark and mysterious; really caught my ear.  (edit)
 
Yep, simple but intriguing.
Dark and mysterious; really caught my ear.  Thank you, PSD button!
 Yellowstone40 wrote:
Wow RP on a roll for dull boring simpleton songs ! Might be going to the ITunes mix in a sec...  Yep .... Calexico next up -see ya !
 
Have fun at iTunes. Feel free to live there.

 henrikziegler wrote:
there is a live version of "In the dark we flee" on youtube! Here is a link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhZ_fXXDaIA 
 
Wow.  Just wow.

Boy, did this ever catch my attention! That two-note guitar, and the vocals... So distinctive. I might need another listen, but I liked this from the start... (The segué into Traffic's "Shanghai Noodle Factory" didn't work for me at all...)
Not too bad, but not making me eager for more. Gave it a 6...
still liking it a year later——soothing.
Wow RP on a roll for dull boring simpleton songs ! Might be going to the ITunes mix in a sec...  Yep .... Calexico next up -see ya !
 Jeff09 wrote:
Great set, Bill....
 
{#Clap}  {#Clap}  {#Clap}

 henrikziegler wrote:
We have our new single "The Streets We Walk" up for vote!, so give it a try and let us know what you think! :)

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Our new album is available on itunes now!! We hope you all like it!!

Best regards

MOTJIVA 
 
So very cool to have you here!   Very nice work you do!   My best to you and the band.

Great set, Bill....
 henrikziegler wrote:
We have our new single "The Streets We Walk" up for vote!, so give it a try and let us know what you think! :)

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Our new album is available on itunes now!! We hope you all like it!!

Best regards

MOTJIVA 
 
Hey, a band member on the forums. He only voted once. Guess what for {#Tongue}
Thank you for a really good relax!!!

i once got a compilation of bands who were on a label called "Glitterhouse" many who had this sound; I always hoped to hear more of this and hearing this made me prick up my ears.
some call it ambient folk rock?
love some hypnotic repetitive guitar
We have our new single "The Streets We Walk" up for vote!, so give it a try and let us know what you think! :)

+

Our new album is available on itunes now!! We hope you all like it!!

Best regards

MOTJIVA 
 liteon1 wrote:

Great sound.  But I've heard it before as Widespread Panic. {#Confused}


 
Sounds nothing like WP to me.  If I had to pigeonhole, I'd say they (in this song at least) sounded like Calexico with mellower vocals.

7 {#Arrowu} 8
{#Good-vibes}{#Cool}
Find us on FACEBOOK! We've just uploadet new tracks!

Have a wonderful day!

MOTJIVA 
there is a live version of "In the dark we flee" on youtube! Here is a link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhZ_fXXDaIA 

awesome

8

First time I listen to this song - I like it very much. Thank you Bill!
I like this more and more.  Plus, I always think its so cool when artists post messages here.  I have to admit it quite possibly skews my ratings upwards, but so be it.  

Cool song.
Thanks! We're very glad that you like it!

 
helgigermany wrote:
Nice!
 


We're currently working on a new EP, and will upload it on iTunes soon! Here's a little teaser.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiQrhi9PapQ

Best regards!!

Henrik Ziegler

MOTJIVA 

Great sound.  But I've heard it before as Widespread Panic. {#Confused}


Nice!
 Welly wrote:
Is this new or old? It sounds quite timeless. Me likely!

 
I agree.  I think it is because of Ghost Riders in the Sky, and Riders on the Storm.
I see what you meen ;), but thanks anyway!
 
lmic wrote:
I really like this song, but the idea of "Hell's behind" always makes me chuckle! {#Evil}{#Moon}{#Evil}
 


I really like this song, but the idea of "Hell's behind" always makes me chuckle! {#Evil}{#Moon}{#Evil}
Hmm...kept waiting for this song to start...
I had a motjiva the other day.  Very refreshing.  No?  Wait...
A little bit of the Church maybe? Nice and smooth.
 hopper99 wrote:
Hm, a bit of very old Pink Floyd merged with bits of Madrugada... Just checked their album and loved "Ride" (though this has got bits of U2...).  Ok, I´ll give them another year or two to find their very own unique style, but promising indeed.

 

I'm fond of all those bands.   Funny, I first thought it was the Republic Tigers. hehe

That much confusion and I'm thinking the style is already rather unique.



 sirrus wrote:

We'd Better Free Ourselves ...

 
...from the compulsion to correct other's grammar.

 inindian wrote:
 
 
I think it wuz plinkety plunkety!
 
Pizzicato or something like that in Italian.


 newwavegurly wrote:
Enough with that plinking sound from the guitar already.
Or would that be plunking?

Either way.   
  
 
I think it wuz plinkety plunkety!
Crap guitar on this.
This song sounds so much like 'Synesthesia" by Montrose from the 80's it could be plagarism.  The guitar work is eerily similar. Interesting...  If you have never heard this song by Montrose, it is very haunting guitar work.
I know what I hate...and I don't hate this...6.
 Gartholamundi wrote:


do you really *hate* to be a little grammar nerd?

seems like you could change your life
rather than hate yourself.
 
he he he ... spot on m8!
New Motjiva song "See the beauty in it" added on Myspace.com/motjiva
Enough with that plinking sound from the guitar already.
Or would that be plunking?

Either way.   
sirrus wrote:
I hate to be a little grammar nerd, but is that *really* the title of the album?


do you really *hate* to be a little grammar nerd?

seems like you could change your life
rather than hate yourself.

I hate to be a little grammar nerd, but is that *really* the title of the album?

Song titles can usually be excused for poor grammar because of the artistic/cultural intention, but "We Better Free Ourselves" doesn't sound like any sort of artistic statement. Just ignorant grammar.

Ugh..

We'd Better Free Ourselves

That bugaboo aside, the song is mellow and pretty nice on first listen.
Hm, a bit of very old Pink Floyd merged with bits of Madrugada... Just checked their album and loved "Ride" (though this has got bits of U2...).  Ok, I´ll give them another year or two to find their very own unique style, but promising indeed.
 cptbuz wrote:


from their myspace page:

Motjiva is a hardworking and persistent band from Copenhagen. The four members share their unlike background of musical influences and has within short time grown and gained attention. In 2008 Motjiva made their first self produced promotion album "We better free ourselves". The band are in constantly working progress of making new songs. In their own studio, time is no limit. Creativity and enthusiasm unfolds and the sound of Motjiva is there... Motjiva album "We better free ourselves" is avalable at Soundstation.dk and on iTunes.
me likey too
 
Uh, despite this shameless heart-on-sleeve self promotion—are they starving, too?—I like this cut a lot. Hey guys, get a copy editor before the BS unfolds more rapidly than, what was it?, the "creativity and enthusiasm..." Yeesh.

 Welly wrote:
Is this new or old? It sounds quite timeless. Me likely!

 

from their myspace page:

Motjiva is a hardworking and persistent band from Copenhagen. The four members share their unlike background of musical influences and has within short time grown and gained attention. In 2008 Motjiva made their first self produced promotion album "We better free ourselves". The band are in constantly working progress of making new songs. In their own studio, time is no limit. Creativity and enthusiasm unfolds and the sound of Motjiva is there... Motjiva album "We better free ourselves" is avalable at Soundstation.dk and on iTunes.
me likey too
From Denmark, released 2008 - Me likey too!
Is this new or old? It sounds quite timeless. Me likely!