AUTOMATIC PLEASURE by CINDERELLA MOTEL
LA-bred Cinderella MOTEL combines the eclectic madness of 70’s punk, the amped-up attitude of garage rock, and the sly sensibilities of 80’s pop to create an outfit never seen around the LA scene, at least not like this. CM creates a captivating wave of sound by melting eccentric audio arrangements, breakneck tempo changes, and subversively carnal and profoundly whimsical lyrics with JFR’s wailing guitars, Guerrero’s thunderous drum chops, Robles’ thick-filled bass licks, and Tomahawk’s full-force growling, howling yet lady-like vocals, crunchy rhythm guitar, and occasional punk-styled accordion.
CM’s first full-length release bolts straight out the gate with the bombastic title track ‘Automatic Pleasure.’ With songs like the horns-in-the-air, Sabbath-invoking ‘Clearance Valentine,’ the accordion-laced, punk barn burner ‘Put It Out’ and the hedonistic pleasure anthem ‘You Were Never My Boyfriend (So Let’s Dance),’ Cinderella MOTEL provides the soundtrack for all of us who want to live life with the knob cranked to eleven.
The album was recorded at The Cave Studio in LA by LightFM frontman Josiah Mazzaschi (William Reid-The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Blood Arm, Built to Spill) and mastered by Jon Drew in Toronto (Metric, F**ked Up, Tokyo Police Club).
Basically, if Iggy, Joan Jett, The Kills and Peaches had a baby backed by the Sioux nation, you'd have Cinderella MOTEL.
Tracklist
| 1. | Wake Up | 2:23 |
| 2. | Automatic Pleasure | 3:41 |
| 3. | Clearance Valentine | 3:22 |
| 4. | Shoot / Bite | 2:19 |
| 5. | Saddled Unicorn | 3:12 |
| 6. | You Were Never My Boyfriend (So Let's Dance) | 3:18 |
| 7. | Vampire Man | 3:31 |
| 8. | Elevator | 3:25 |
| 9. | Textual Relationship | 2:46 |
| 10. | Ride Operator | 3:52 |
| 11. | At Midnight, I Turn into a Pumpkin | 2:41 |
| 12. | Little Girl's Room | 2:37 |
| 13. | Put It Out | 2:30 |
Credits
Recorded in May 2011 – The Cave Studio (Los Angeles)
Engineered & Mixed by Josiah Mazzaschi .
Mastered by Jon Drew (Toronto).
All songs by Cinderella MOTEL / Lyrics by T. Tomahawk.
T. Tomahawk – Vocals, Accordion, Guitar
Dustin Robles – Bass, Vocals
Janice F’n Reid – Lead Guitar
Raul Guerrero – Drums, Vocals, Trumpet
Layout & Design by Abby Linne.
Thank you for checking in :
Sarah Anderson, Tim Blakely, Chad Forello, Jen & Marc French, Jimmy "Rifle" Fusil, Matthew, Michelle, Wesley & Pookie Guenther, Jennifer Guerrero, Swampy Hawkins, Jen House, Abby Linne, Jimmy Lucido, Ma, Sonia Martinez, Norma Nava, Kathy & Dan Owen, Dan & Doris Priess, Jim Reid, Anne Reinking, Victor Shapiro, Ryan Sullivan, Renatta Tellez, Jana Triska, Monte Waite, Jen "Rascal" Whittenburg, the bearers of our sanity, and anyone who is reading this.
Cinderella MOTEL c. 2011 SESAC
www.cinderellamotel.net
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Eccentric arrangements,breakneck tempo changes, subversively carnal yet uniquely twisted lyrics. One can think of Cinderella MOTEL as extracting parts of Black Sabbath, KISS, Rocket From The Crypt and The Dead Weather on a stormy night and stitching them together in a Frankenstein fashion with Siouxsie, Iggy, Blondie and Brody Dalle.