Miles For Days

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Dave

We are very happy to be previewing another song to tide everyone over before the album release show on March 1st. Miles For Days is sort of a love song written to an ugly and drastic life transition (also during Black Horse Motel’s drastic line-up change). I wrote it on the banjo while in North Carolina a year and a half ago, and a couple of months later we started building it to what it is now.

This song is the perfect example of why this album was and is so important to us. It has been part of our set since Josh was in the “try out” phases of joining the band, and until now the only way to hear it was to come see us play it live (worth it!). We have been working so hard to make this music permanent and it is so great to be able to post a song like this up on the interwebs!

SO! Without further pointless rambling, I give you “Miles For Days”. I hope you all enjoy!

-David

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new music is here!

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Dave

Exciting news for our lovely fans – You can have a sneak peek at our new music! That’s right, it’s like a strip tease but no one is getting slowly naked in front of you. Instead you’re just listening to our music which is way more awesomer!!! We are beyond excited to release a new song called The Apology which will be on our new album Red Summer Spirit. Check it out!

It’s the type of feel good, upbeat, failed relationship song that makes being alone seem like a sunny day walking through Rittenhouse Square. We are very happy that you’ll be able to listen to it before the album drops (drizzops?) on March 1st, and we hope you all love it. You can also expect to hear a couple more in the near future.

We will also be adding a merch page to our website within the next few days so true horseheads can see what type a’ cool swag they can expect to be purchasing in mass quantities at our shows.

Let me also remind everyone that we are still ecstatic to be preparing for our album release show on March 1st at Kung Fu Necktie. Get your tickets here!

And here’s the lineup:
8pm – The Bailey Hounds
9pm – Hezekiah Jones
10pm – black horse motel

Hope we see you all then ~ David

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and the album shall be named…

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Megan

We are so excited, we can’t contain ourselves anymore. We proudly give you the first bits of info about black horse motel’s first album, Red Summer Spirit

album title

red summer spirit cover

Track Listing:

  1. The Apology
  2. Follow Me Down
  3. Water to Whiskey
  4. Devil That You Know
  5. Miles For Days
  6. The Mountain and The Rust
  7. Bristle and Pine
  8. Not Your Criminal
  9. Renaissance Man
  10. Elijah Craig
  11. Red Summer Spirit



More info on digital and physical release dates coming soon!

Sneak previews of some tracks also coming soon!

And don’t forget, CDs, t-shirts and good times will be available at our album release show!
Hezekiah Jones and The Bailey Hounds will also be there!
March 1, 2013
Kung Fu Necktie – 1250 North Front Street, Philadelphia, PA
7:30pm, 21+
Tickets are $8 – Purchase HERE
(With awesome acts like these, this show will likely sell out, so get tickets while you can!)

Stay tuned as we gear up for the release. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
-Megan

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Happy Holidays and Holy Horseheads Batman!

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Desiree

We hope you are having a wonderful holiday season and we wish you a happy New Year! Take a look at what’s to come in the New Year for us:

Album/Recording update

In Early December, we finished the recording portion of making our first album. We are now in the process of receiving and tweaking mixes from our producer, Ron DiSilvestro. Once the mixes are done, it’s off to Joe Lambert in NY for mastering. We are really excited to be having Joe master our album. Please check out some of the amazing work he has done – http://www.joelambertmastering.com/.
The scheduled album release date is March 1st!
We worked hard and had a lot of fun in the studio with Ron DeSilvestro at Forge Recording in Oreland, PA. We’d like to thank Ron, Tyler, Taylor, Keith and everyone else at Forge for all their help and support. Forge was a great spot to record and we would highly recommend it to any of our musician friends! Ron made us all feel comfortable and relaxed and definitely made the project feel like a partnership. Thanks again, Ron!

Album Release Show – March 1st

Currently, we only have our album release show scheduled because we want to make sure it’s the most awesomest show ever. We’ve got two great supporting acts for this one – Hezekiah Jones and The Bailey Hounds.
March 1, 2013
Kung Fu Necktie – 1250 North Front Street, Philadelphia, PA
7:30pm, 21+
Tickets are $8 – Purchase HERE
(This show will likely sell out, so get tickets while you can!)

Festivals?

BHM is trying to coordinate schedules and decide which festivals would be the best for us to apply for. Of course, the Philadelphia Folk Festival is high on our list. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to send them our way here!

Other Fun (hopeful) Stuff in the New Year:

  • Band van
  • Mini-tour
  • Dave stops bleeding on his banjo
  • New rehearsal space
  • More new songs
  • Falkor gets a new squeaky toy

We wish you a happy and healthy New Year from the gang at black horse motel!
- Desiree

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EP release and Kickstarter rewards shipped!

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Megan

Well, it’s been a while since we have given you all an update, so I better get to gettin’.  We’ve been super busy with recording our album, which is going swimmingly.  We are nearing the end of recording sessions at Forge Recording with Ron DiSilvestro and are moving into the mixing stage.  But more on that later…

In the meantime, we have also released a 4-song EP!  We recorded these four songs over two days several months back, with the help of friend and producer Edan Cohen in Desiree’s house.  The EP was mastered by our current producer, Ron Disilvestro.
It’s available for download from our Bandcamp site : blackhorsemotel.bandcamp.com.  Bandcamp is a great site that small and unsigned bands can use to distribute their music.  We also have very limited physical copies available.  Contact us or come to a show to get your hands on one of those!

We’ve gotten a lot of questions about this EP, so here are some answers:
1. What’s an “EP”?
EP stands for “extended play” i.e., longer than a single, but shorter than an LP or “long play” record.  These terms harken back to the days of vinyl.
2. Oh, so you’re all done recording already? or This is what you guys did with the Kickstarter money?
Nay. This recording is not what we created our Kickstarter campaign to record.  Our Kickstarter project was created to fund a full-length studio album, which we are in the midst of recording right now.  This EP was a quick 4-song project we did cheaply and with some favors from friends.  It was designed to give us something to send to promoters, radio stations, etc. until we have a full album and as a gift we could give our Kickstarter donors.
3. Can I listen to it?
Sure!  You can stream it from our Bandcamp site: blackhorsemotel.bandcamp.com.
4. Can I buy it?
Well, of course! Digital copies of our EP are available at our Bandcamp site: blackhorsemotel.bandcamp.com. We also have limited physical copies.

—————————————–Kickstarter Rewards————————————–

We have also been (finally) getting your Kickstarter rewards out to you!  By now, everyone who donated to us at level 4 or below ($10-$100) and elected to receive rewards should have them.  These include buttons, stickers, necklaces, download codes for our EP and t-shirts. (If you haven’t received your rewards, please contact us at blackhorsemotelmusic@gmail.com).  For those of you who donated more than $100, all rewards pertaining to our full-length album will be fulfilled once the album is finished.
We are looking at a February-March release, but more concrete info will be coming very soon!

Again, thank you so much to everyone who donated. We will be forever grateful!
-Megan

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