Penny Motel

With a striped down bass free set up, Penny Motel achieve an original noise, combining low tuned guitar with fem-heavy drums, and assertive poetic singing. The guitarist digs his fuzzy tones. The Drummer sings opera. The singer can’t help being a French girl. The vibes, indeed, are dark and dirty, but flowered with occasional melodic optimism. Furious guitars fight graceful mermaids. Hints of garage and metal, blues and oriental sounds…some even call them “The Brighton femmes Punk”… ************************************************************ *************************** Formed in 2006 in Brighton, the band has built its reputation on being a “proper live band”, meaning: visually strong, intense atmosphere charged with animal, chaotic and mysteriously feminine vibes. They’re currently working on the release of their debut album. ************************************************************ ******************************* QUOTES...................................................... ............................................................ ....PENNY MOTEL- Dividing their time between Paris and Brighton these rapscallions play a wayward noise rock with a drugged out psych metal feel and some frankly odd operatic female vocals ['In the kitchen']. Sort of band The Organ would go mad for. Interesting melange of all manner of things from Siouxsie to Sonic Youth to Spacemen 3 and The Stooges-plus that opera thing [which they keep enough of a lid on for it not to get annoying] Very good. BUGBEAR- The Dublin Castle/ London ............................................................ ............................................................ ........................................... VERSION FRANÇAISE: “Ces têtes brûlées jouent un son rock hors contrôle avec des shouts de psyché metal, et une touche franchement étrange de voix d’opéra feminine (In the kitchen). Le genre de groupe que The Organ adorerait. Un mélange intéressant de toutes sortes de choses, de Siouxsie à Sonic Youth, Spacemen 3 et The Stooges- plus ce truc d’opéra (qu’ils gardent suffisamment subtil pour que ça ne devienne pas lourd). Excellent! BUGBEAR-The Dublin Castle...................................................... ............................................................ ........................................"Parisian Velvet Underground meets nico... not to be missed!" -Cable Club/ Brighton- ............................................................ ............................................................ ........................................... “French feline darck punky blues rock, amazing.” -The Bull and Gate/ London-..................................................... ............................................................ ..................................................“La Penny profession de foi":Je crois en un seul groupe Penny Motel. Je crois que dans les soubassements du motel, on trouve du blues, du jazz, du rock pur, de l’alternatif underground, du pré-punk, du pré-techno et du metal. Je crois que toutes ses chambres sont habitées Par dada, par l’âme du rock, par des fantômes piercés, par l’essence du kitsch, par la Belle époque, par une certaine dégénérescence berlinoise, par Doudou et ses mains d’or, par le cri des mouettes, par les couteaux de l’esprit, par la vieille BM de Lionel dont le moteur souffle des airs… Je crois que le trio prie tous les soirs le Velvelt Underground, Blondie, Siouxie, Patti (Smith), les Rita Mitsouko, Scout Niblett, PJ Harvey, Coco Rosie.J’ai vu Pearl battre son instrument et percher ses airs d’opéra J’ai vu la guitare de Lionel se prendre pour une basse roulante J’ai vu Estelle en diva punk sortir des sons aussi hauts et brûlants qu’une cathédrale incandescente Je crois en un seul groupe Penny Motel”-Sophie Blandinières/ Paris- ............................................................ ............................................................ ........................................... ENGLISH VERSION: “The Penny’s profession of faith”I believe in one band: Penny Motel I believe that, in the motel ‘s basement, you can find blues, jazz, pure rock, alternative underground, pre-punk, pre-techno and metal I believe that all the motel’s rooms are occupied By Dada, by the rock’s soul, by pierced ghosts, by the essence of kitsch, by the golden age, by doudou and her gold fingers, by the sea gull’s screams, by the mind’s knives, by Lionel’s old BMW, with its engines blowing the air… I believe that the three piece pray every night to the Velvet Underground, Blondie, Siouxie, Patti, les Rita mitsoukoI have seen Pearl beating her instrument projecting her operatic tunes I have seen Lionel’s guitar posing as a rolling bass I have seen Estelle, punk diva, delivering sounds as high and burning as a cathedral on fire. I believe in one band: Penny Motel”- Sophie Blandinieres/ParisSad dark and black @ The Bull and Gate/ through Neil by Mouth's eye You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor ! ............................................................ ..................................................... CONTACT: [email protected]