Moody Motorcycle is an album by Human Highway. It was mastered by Fedge. The album's photography was done by Jaime Hogge. It was released on CD as well as root-beer brown Vinyl.[1]

Moody Motorcycle
Studio album by Human Highway
Released	August 19, 2008 (Canada/US)
Recorded	2008
Genre	Indie pop/Indie rock
Length	39:18
Label	Suicide Squeeze (US), Secret City (CAN)
Producer	Jim Guthrie / Nick Thorburn

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Pitchfork Media	(5.7/10) link

The album contains recordings of songs created by singer-songwriter Jim Guthrie and Nicholas Thorburn, backed up by Evan Gordon, Geordie Gordon and Aaron Harris from the band Islands. The album was recorded at Guthrie's apartment in one week.[2] Patrice Agbokou played bass on the song "My Beach".

Track listing

1. "The Sound" – 2:44 (music: Guthrie/Thorburn, lyrics Guthrie, Thorburn)
2. "All Day" – 3:32 (music: Guthrie, lyrics Guthrie/Thorburn)
3. "Get Lost" – 3:52 (music: Thorburn, lyrics: Thorburn)
4. "What World" – 3:33 (music: Guthrie, lyrics Guthrie/Thorburn)
5. "Sleep Talking" – 3:34 (music: Thorburn, lyrics: Thorburn)
6. "Moody Motorcycle" – 3:11 (music: Guthrie, lyrics Guthrie/Thorburn)
7. "My Beach" – 2:55 (music: Thorburn, lyrics: Thorburn)
8. "Ode to Abner" – 1:59 (music: Thorburn, lyrics: Thorburn)
9. "Pretty Hair" – 3:46 (music: Thorburn, lyrics: Thorburn)
10. "Vision Failing" – 3:16 (music: Thorburn, lyrics: Thorburn)
11. "Duties of a Lighthouse Keeper (music: Guthrie, lyrics Guthrie/Thorburn)" – 3:51
12. "I Wish I Knew" (music/lyrics: Dallas, Taylor) – 3:04

Reception

Slant magazine describes the album as "breezy harmonies" with "acoustic balladeering".[3] while Pop Matters praised the album's pop-influenced catchy melodies.[4] The album was also reviewed by Tiny Mixtapes,[5] Toronto Star[6] and the North Adams Transcript[7] The reviews were generally fairly positive.

References

External links

• SuicideSqueeze.net