The Motels – Motels (VG/VG) – LP, AU 1979

Motels is an LP by The Motels from 1979 released on the Capitol Records label.

About this album

Motels is a sharp, literate new wave debut that helped define The Motels’ uneasy mix of post-punk attitude and pop instinct. Released in 1979, it introduced Martha Davis’s cool, clear vocal style and the band’s knack for turning urban alienation into hook-heavy songs. The album’s best-known cuts, including Total Control and Anticipating, became key early statements of the era’s more intelligent American new wave, balancing nervous energy with memorable melodies. Its lean sound and sharp lyrical perspective gave the band an identity apart from the louder California rock of the time, and it established The Motels as one of the genre’s more distinctive voices.

Genre: Pop & Rock