Motel Pools is a garage punk rock project formed by California-native musician Chiara Angelicola (Bird Call). Original demos were tracked in Chiara's Williamsburg living room in 2011 and then stored in the digital dungeons until Chiara's recent relocation back to San Francisco. Upon her return to northern California, Chiara reached out to friend Kyp Malone in Brooklyn to help produce and bring these songs to life. Honus Honus of Man Man makes a guest vocal appearance on the track "Lemme Walk Your Dog". MP covers Butthole Surfers' Human Cannonball with extra growls from Kyp. Friends Alex Balderston, Dan Kalisher, and Kiel Feher also play on the recordings. All tracks were recorded in living rooms and at Heritage Studios in Burbank, CA in June of 2014. 

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Motel Pools is a garage punk rock project formed by California-native musician Chiara Angelicola, most notably known for her work in the project Bird Call. Original demos for Motel Pools were tracked in Chiara's Williamsburg living room in 2011 and then stored in the digital dungeons until her recent relocation back to her hometown of San Francisco. Upon her return to northern California, Chiara reached out to friend Kyp Malone (TV on the Radio, Rain Machine) in Brooklyn to help produce and bring the songs to life. Honus Honus of Man Man makes a guest vocal appearance on the track "Lemme Walk Your Dog". MP covers Butthole Surfers' Human Cannonball with extra growls from Kyp. Friends Alex Balderston, Dan Kalisher, and Kiel Feher also play on the recordings. All tracks were recorded in living rooms and at Heritage Studios in Burbank, CA. Motel Pools EP releases June 3rd 2015 on Suburban Rage Records.

Human Cannonball (ft Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio)

Lemme Walk Your Dog (ft Honus Honus of Man Man) //

Motel Pools' architect and songwriter, Chiara Angelicola, releases a second volume of songs for her grimey horror picture show of sound. Abrasive and darling, earnest and playful, Angelicola delivers a body of work paying tribute to the good and the ugly of the music industry and past lovers.  Produced by Angelicola herself, engineered by Vishal Nayak and Gabriel Galvin at Black Lodge in Brooklyn, mixed by Gabriel Galvin, and mastered by Mark Santangelo. Released on Suburban Rage Records 2016. Drums: David Scalia, Guitars: Kirk Schoenherr, Bass: Spencer Zahn, Vocals/Synths: Chiara Angelicola

I saw the worst, and I started comin around
You said the words, and we parted, no comin' around
What is the big idea, you get no second chances
There is no unicorn
What is the big idea, you get no second chances
There is no unicorn

I see the way they keep on givin it all
So young and so free they give it away

Waste away...

Waste Away

Motel Pools' architect and songwriter, Chiara Angelicola, releases a second volume of songs for her grimey horror picture show of sound. Abrasive and darling, earnest and playful, Angelicola delivers a body of work paying tribute to the good and the ugly of the music industry and past lovers.  Produced by Angelicola herself, engineered by Vishal Nayak and Gabriel Galvin at Black Lodge in Brooklyn, mixed by Gabriel Galvin, and mastered by Mark Santangelo. Released on Suburban Rage Records 2016. Drums: David Scalia, Guitars: Kirk Schoenherr, Bass: Spencer Zahn, Vocals/Synths: Chiara Angelicola

The highway melts beneath the sun, the skies are creepin
Suburban waterfalls, the cars are filled with sadness

Lemonade sorbet mouths are drippin with resentments

Surburbia, suburbia

I never wanted anything, anything, anything
I never wanted anything, anything, anything
Anything, anything, anything, anything, anything

Suburbia, suburbia...

Suburbia

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"Grit and grime." -Spin 

"A particularly delectable style of fashionable destitution." -Impose

"A sort-of fuck you towards all those industry struggles..." - SF Weekly

"Reimagining '90s grunge with sweet, bright tones and lyrical earnestness." -Culture Collide

Bio:
Chiara Angelicola (born September 15, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, known for her work in the musical projects Motel Pools and Bird Call.

Motel Pools' front person and songwriter, Chiara Angelicola, released a second volume of songs for her grimey horror picture show of sound. Abrasive yet darling, earnest and playful, Angelicola delivers a body of work that reckons with the perils of the ruthless music industry, her childhood suburban haunts, and former lovers. Produced by Angelicola herself, recorded at Black Lodge in Brooklyn with engineer Vishal Nayak, mixed by Gabriel Galvin, and mastered by Mark Santangelo. Motel Pools' first vinyl release features both volumes of EPs on side A and side B respectively. Released on Suburban Rage Records July 15th, 2016.

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