Artist:KINO MOTEL

KINO MOTEL is the brand new project from Ed Fraser and Rosa Mercedes, with a series of upcoming releases they’ve labeled grit pop. After meeting in a commune in Berlin, the duo deserted together and hit the road. Following a grimy and particularly sweaty basement karaoke session somewhere in Vietnam in 2019, Ed and Rosa realised they needed to form a band, and KINO MOTEL was created. Named for the bar in which it was conceived, KINO MOTEL listeners can expect dusty melancholic gritty pop. Lots of oil and sand and road ahead. KINO MOTEL’s cinematic debut single Waves, and the accompanying Bangkok-based action video, were released in October 2020. The duo are now excited to release their second single, Simple Desire, with the new Vietnam-based moto video in January 2021. Simple Desire features drums from Josefin Runsteen (Damien Rice, Jens Lekman), and was recorded by Sebastian Maschat (The Whitest Boy Alive) in Berlin and Ed Fraser in Melbourne, mastered by Philipp Welsing in ...