Humor Balance, by Motel Black

Humor Balance

by Motel Black

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R eee Ah Decidedly good Sunday night music if you know what I mean. Favorite track: Single Stall.

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Humor Balance LP pressed on 180g black vinyl. Full color inner sleeve and labels. Artwork illustrated by MB guitarist Ryan Dougherty.

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1.	Gates 04:21	buy track
2.	PPB 03:41	buy track
3.	Quoting Thoreau 03:45	buy track
4.	Humor Balance 04:36	buy track
5.	Morning Hum 06:17	buy track
6.	Evening Standard 03:46	buy track
7.	Single Stall 05:06	buy track

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The debut LP from Motel Black is here, with an exclusive 180g vinyl pressing available on Bandcamp. Included on "Humor Balance" are five of the tracks the band has slowly unveiled throughout the pandemic, starting with September 2020’s “Evening Standard,” as well as two new compositions in the brazen title track and slow-burning LP closer “Single Stall.” New music first arrived in 2022, beginning with the April single “Morning Hum” and culminating in the summer 2022 release of the band’s debut.

“The overarching lyrical theme of the LP is faults,” says vocalist and guitarist Brian George. “It can be scary to express yourself, but you have to do it, even if that means being picked apart by whoever is into that type of thing.”

Motel Black's sound can be dark, noisy, and at times harsh, somber, and lush, a stirring cocktail of alternative rock and indie that doesn’t feel tethered to one inspirational era or style. It also possesses a feeling of permanence; expansive songs that dig in and gnaw under the surface, displaying a certain restlessness that echoes our caustic, uneasy times.

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released July 15, 2022

Recorded and produced by Motel Black
Tracked in Malden, Medford, and Roslindale, MA between 2019 and 2022.
All songs written by Brian George
Tracks 1 to 6 mixed by Ryan Stack and mastered by Chris Chase at The Noise Floor, Dover, NH
Track 7 mixed and mastered by Marcos Nava
Illustrations and layout by Ryan Dougherty

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Motel Black Boston, Massachusetts

Boston people making Boston songs. Debut LP 'Humor Balance' out now.

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Sep 10

Middle East - Upstairs

Cambridge, MA

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