The Death Defying Unicorn

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The Death Defying Unicorn
Studio album by Motorpsycho & Ståle Storløkken
Released	10 February 2012
Recorded	2011
Genre	Psychedelic rock, progressive rock
Length	83:44
Label	Rune Grammofon
Producer	Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim & Bent Sæther
Motorpsycho & Ståle Storløkken chronology
Heavy Metal Fruit (2010) The Death Defying Unicorn (2012) Still Life With Eggplant (2013)

The Death Defying Unicorn is the fifteenth full-length studio album by the Norwegian band Motorpsycho, released on 10 February 2012 via Rune Grammofon and Stickman Records. It was released on double CD and double 12" vinyl. It is a collaboration with Ståle Storløkken, and also features Ola Kvernberg, Trondheimsolistene and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra.

Track listing[]

Compact disc[]

Disc one:

1. Out of the Woods (Storløkken) – 2:40
2. The Hollow Lands (Sæther) – 7:36
3. Through the Veil (parts I & II) (Ryan/Sæther/Storløkken) – 16:01
4. Doldrums (Storløkken) – 3:06
5. Into the Gyre (Ryan/Sæther) – 10:22
6. Flotsam (Storløkken) – 1:33

Disc two:

1. Oh, Proteus - A Prayer (Ryan/Sæther/Storløkken) – 7:35
2. Sculls in Limbo (Ryan) – 2:21
3. La Lethe (Storløkken/Sæther) – 7:53
4. Oh, Proteus - A Lament (Ryan/Sæther/Storløkken) – 1:04
5. Sharks (Ryan/Sæther/Storløkken) – 7:56
6. Mutiny! (Ryan/Sæther) – 8:33
7. Into the Mystic (Sæther) – 7:04

Vinyl[]

Side A:

1. Out of the Woods
2. The Hollow Lands
3. Through the Veil, Part I

Side B:

1. Through the Veil, Part II
2. Doldrums
3. Into the gyre
4. Flotsam

Side C:

1. Oh, Proteus - A Prayer
2. Sculls in Limbo
3. La Lethe
4. Oh, Proteus - A Lament

Side D:

1. Sharks
2. Mutiny!
3. Into the Mystic

Credits[]

Music arranged by Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken
Words by Bent Sæther
Trondheimsolistene and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra arranged by Ståle Storløkken

Performed by Motorpsycho:
Kenneth Kapstad – drums
Hans Magnus Ryan – guitars and vocals
Bent Sæther – bass and vocals
and
Ståle Storløkken – keyboards

featuring
Ola Kvernberg – violin
Kåre Chr. Vestrheim – mellotron, various sonic mayhem, gongs and other canned goods of the viennese persuasion

with
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Trondheimsolistene