‘Chelsea Motel’ (Portland, Oregan) and their sweet little EP.
We have been fortunate enough in the last 3 years to meet so many lovely, warm and open musicians from around the world and when NZ country stalwards The Eastern recently mentioned to us that they had convinced a folk duo from the USA to come record an EP here it was no exception.
It was deep into The Eastern’s last US tour that I received an email from Adam McGrath stating that he had found a sweet little folk duo that they had convinced to come back to NZ with them and lay down some tracks. Of course, coming from Adam no matter how outlandish it may sound at the time you can almost guarantee that it is a definite YES this will happen.
Chelsea Motel and Max Countryman showed up to The Sitting Room studios last Monday with their guitars, banjo and a gorgeous 1-string oil can bass and we laid down some tracks. The band really know their roots and their sound, it was a pleasure to record and reminded of what I was talking about on a previous blog post about ‘knowing your sound’ if you are recording or playing live.
Max and his oil can bass
Chelsea Motel have catchy little tunes with awesome lyrics and we plain and simply loved meeting and being a part of this.
A 4 song EP has been recorded and will be relseased through Adam’s new label ‘Social End Product’. Chelsea Motel are touring the EP in and around New Zealand during March and April 2009. Be sure to check them out at a town near you.
You can hear one of the recorded songs from the EP here: Barrel of a Gun – Chelsea Motel
Watch a video interview with the band here
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Love it!
Thanks Harley…. they are a great band/duo and felt very lucky to be involved with the recording of this EP.
I bought this recording while they were in the country and it’s a good un, it’s a pity there are no creepy songs from Max but ah well, it’s a lovely EP nonetheless…
Cheers bro… they were awesome to deal with, and Max as it turns out is a master brewer so we had a good ol yarn about home brew beer, recording studios and making music.