Motel Breakfast by Motel Breakfast

Motel Breakfast is a true Midwestern band, with members split between Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison. Keeping the long-distance band together while holding jobs, finishing school, and maintaining personal relationships has been anything but easy, but they've seen it through to complete their first full-length. Their self-titled debut album is the culmination of 3 years of writing, performing, and recording.

Finding the right musical conduit was key to the band getting this album together. The perfect fit was found in producer Andy Goitia (of Milwaukee's Sleepy Gaucho). Goitia led the band into tape recording sessions in the summer of 2019 to capture these songs, leaning into the warmth and raw edges of analog to capture the band’s live energy. With the aid of a wide array of musical gear offered by the studios, as well as a handful of friends who sporadically lent their talents, the band worked through these 11 songs over 4 long weekends.

The resulting album packages together the anxieties of learning who you are with the pressure of maintaining who you've been. It captures the emotion delivered by every player, the honesty writ into every word, and the experiences held by every bandmember during the defining years from 18-22. They've put all they have into this album - maybe you'll see some of yourself in it too.

Tracklist

1.	Torches	4:08

2.	Saint Mary	3:29

3.	My Head	4:44

4.	Tell Me	4:00

5.	Fears	2:06

6.	ADHD	3:01

7.	Strangers to Ourselves	4:05

8.	Hope	4:50

9.	The Waters	2:35

10.	Life	3:25

11.	Let Me Burn	5:08

Credits

released February 7, 2020

Produced by Andy Goitia

All songs performed by Motel Breakfast
Except
Trumpets on track 1, 2, 4, 6 by Sam Veren
Violin on track 8 by Seamus Masterson
Piano on track 2, 12-string on track 5, and Hammond on tracks 9, 11 by Andy Goitia

All songs recorded at Treehouse Records in Chicago, IL
Engineered and mixed by Barret Guzaldo
Except Torches and Life
Recorded at Williamson Magnetic Recording Company in Madison, WI
Engineered by Mark Haines
Mixed by Barret Guzaldo

Mastered by Alex DeYoung at DeYoung Masters

Album design and all photos by Mike Heinz

Songwriting
Tracks 1, 10: Drenovsky/O'Donnell
Tracks 2, 8, 11: Brennan
Tracks 3, 5, 7, 9: Drenovsky
Track 4: Drenovsky/O'Donnell/Brennan/deVente/Nasadowski
Track 6: O'Donnell

Motel Breakfast is:
Conor Brennan
Drue deVente
Jimmy Drenovsky
Mick O'Donnell
Jesse Nasadowski

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