Humor Balance by Motel Black

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.

Tracklist

1.	Gates	4:21

2.	PPB	3:42

3.	Quoting Thoreau	3:45

4.	Humor Balance	4:37

5.	Morning Hum	6:18

6.	Evening Standard	3:46

7.	Single Stall	5:06

Credits

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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