Saint Motel is pleased to announce the release of their debut full-length, Voyeur, due out July 10, 2012. In celebration of the release, the band is dropping their latest single, "1997," for free download. The shimmering track showcases the band's unique perspective. It's a playfully-sadistic anecdote about a group of friends sensing the world will end in 1997. The track is an enjoyable composite of sounds, blending together tuneful keyboard strokes and the twang of the guitar with the horn-section and singer A/J Jackson's soft vocal delivery. Have a listen here courtesy of Consequence of Sound.
The band will embark on a national headlining tour kicking off on July 12th at San Francisco's Pop Scene. Additionally, they will be hosting a hometown record release show in Los Angeles at the El Rey Theatre on Saturday, July 14th.
With sophisticated savvy and singularity, the Los Angeles quartet Saint Motel has built a formidable reputation on the back of inventive indie pop and wildly-fun live shows. Mixing raw energy and rousing rhythms, Saint Motel's aural catharsis is pure bliss with a twist of cynical humor. According to A/J Jackson, singer and creative force behind Saint Motel, the band recently has expanded its repertoire to include "new elements that I would describe as tropical, Latin, big band, retro, that I don't think would have applied to our earlier music."
This is the way of Saint Motel, not to be held down by stagnancies, but to continue a natural progression. Once the listener is pulled in by the pulsating and joyous melodies, delight can be found in the surprisingly avant-garde lyrical subject matter. Voyeur is lush with stories that reveal themselves through thematic twists and turns with a narrative voice both subversive and sincere. With themes ranging from the lure of plastic surgery, to the dangers of honest feedback, to the taboo bonds of friendship within the Heaven's Gate cult, we end up with tongue-in-cheek notions strung together by honest motifs, delivered with charm, often leaving the song's meanings open to interpretation.
Jackson admits "while all the songs are based on what many would call 'absurd' subject matter, many of the songs have various levels of subtext that I hope the listener will decipher with repeated listens." And so, what might be easily perceived as sexy with one listen, with another might seem mean-spirited or flatly perverse. That is the flair of Saint Motel's rapturous pop and the graceful dichotomy of its existence.
Voyeur Tracklisting:
01. Feed Me Now
02. Benny Goodman
03. Puzzle Pieces
04. Daydream / Wetdream / Nightmare
05. 1997
06. Honest Feedback
07. At Least I Have Nothing
08. You Do It Well
09. Hands Up Robert
10. Stories
11. Balsa Wood Bones
Tour Dates:
07/12 San Francisco at Pop Scene
07/14 Los Angeles, CA at El Rey
07/17 Denver, CO at Larimer Lounge
07/19 Madison, WI at Univ. of Wisconsin
07/20 Minneapolis, MN at 7th St. Entry
07/21 Chicago, IL at Schuba's
07/22 Lansing, MI at Mac's Bar
07/23 Toronto, ON at Drake Hotel
07/25 Philadelphia, PA at Kung Fu Necktie
07/27 New York at the Mercury Lounge
07/28 Brooklyn, NY at Glasslands
07/29 Washington, DC at DC9
07/31 Atlanta, GA at The Masquerade
08/01 Nashville, TN at The High Watt
08/03 Houston, TX at Rudyard's
08/04 Austin, TX at Stubb's
08/06 El Paso, TX at Lowbrow Palace
08/07 Phoenix, AZ at Rhythm Room
08/10 Santa Ana, CA at The Observatory
08/11 San Diego, CA at The Casbah
http://saintmotel.com/
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