Cults Announce Full Album Cover of The Motels' Self-Titled LP Via Turntable Kitchen's SOUNDS DELICIOUS Vinyl Series

Turntable Kitchen is pleased to announce the next record in its vinyl subscription series SOUNDS DELICIOUS -- the acclaimed NYC pop duo Cults' full album cover of The Motels' 1979 self-titled album. Paste announced the record today and premiered the first track "Total Control," saying, "It's a synth-driven, hazy, slow-burning track that certainly does the original justice."

LISTEN: "TOTAL CONTROL"

Cults' The Motels will be available on August 17 exclusively on vinyl via Turntable Kitchen's SOUNDS DELICIOUS subscription series. It will feature the below artwork, is limited to 1000 copies, and is available for pre-order now.

A song begins. A guitar is gently strummed. The slow patter of drums enters to keep the beat. A woman's voice joins singing in a desperate tone. "Every night I sit, home alone, sitting by my..." Sounds familiar right?

The casual rhyme of "alone" and "telephone" has been irresistible a long, long time. It's easy and it makes sense now more than ever. But Martha Davis isn't sitting around waiting for a call from a boy. She's there "Sitting by my, radio. Just hoping that something good will come on. But it never does."

This is one of the many subversions of classic songwriting that made us fall in love with this album. Whether she's chastising (and reveling in) the idea of fashion on "Dressing Up" or unpacking the meaninglessness of instant pleasure on "Kix", Martha Davis is kind of writer who sees clearly and never takes the obvious route to express hidden truths.

We found out about The Motels about seven years ago, when we were on tour with an amazing band called Total Control in Australia. We thought it was the greatest band name ever and later found out through googling that it was based off a song that came out in 1979 and was a big hit here and down under. After listening to it dozens and dozens of times we starting covering it to help lengthen our set (we had only one 33 minute album at the time!) and to pay homage to what we felt was a kindred spirit.

When we started talking to Turntable Kitchen through some friends, the idea of covering a whole album sounded like a blast. Luckily, we didn't have to pour through our vinyl collection or have long debates about what to choose. It was gonna be "The Motels." It was one of the easiest decisions we've ever made as a band.

Anyway, we hope y'all enjoy our take on it. We knew we could never match the punch and raw emotionality of the original recording, so we tried to get a little weird with it. We stretched some parts out, shrunk others and took some liberties here and there. We hope y'all find it trippy and fun to listen to. We certainly had fun making it. If all this this yammering comes down to one final point it would be this.

LISTEN TO THE MOTELS. THEY ARE A GREAT BAND.

Xoxo

Cults

Catch Cults on tour next month:

8/19: Velorama Festival - Denver, CO

8/20: The Waiting Room - Omaha, NE *

8/21: recordBar - Kansas City, MO *

8/22: The Ready Room - St. Louis, MO *

8/23: Zanzabar - Louisville, KY *

8/24: Cattivo - Pittsburgh, PA *

8/25: BeWILDerfest at Urban Artifact Brewery - Cincinnati, OH

8/26: Rumba Cafe - Columbus, OH *

* w/ The Shacks

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SOUNDS DELICIOUS is a first-of-its-kind monthly vinyl subscription service. SOUNDS DELICIOUS will offer full-length cover albums - exclusively featuring music not available anywhere else - on limited edition vinyl.

Participating artists were asked to choose any full-length album they love and reimagine it from front to back. SOUNDS DELICIOUS will produce the recordings on limited edition vinyl packaged in beautifully designed jackets and exclusively release them to members of its subscription service every month.

SOUNDS DELICIOUS

Artwork by Teresa Grasseschi

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