MOTORCADE
MOTORCADE | SEE YOU IN THE NOTHING | IDOL RECORDS | APRIL 15, 2022
Bio:
In the four years since the glorious darkness of MOTORCADE first hit the scene, life got a little bit darker, but somehow, more glorious.
Maybe the Dallas-based band’s name represents one of its town’s terrible moments? It’s not meant to be morbid, but reminds of mortality.
Working within that context, the four veteran musicians of MOTORCADE manage to document beauty and vitality with their upcoming second album.
This music feels immortal!
Listen for some of the band’s heroes – think late ‘80s / early ‘90s button-the-top-button bands such as The Cure, Depeche Mode, New Order, and The Jesus and Mary Chain – peeking through on the 11 original tunes comprising See You In The Nothing (April 15, Idol Records.)
And don’t forget The Smiths: Drummer Mike Joyce has already spun MOTORCADE on his UK-based radio show.
Heroes peeking through, or as influential Chicago-based scribe, Greg Kot put it when naming MOTORCADE’s debut as one of his best albums of 2018, “The Dallas band has a profound affinity for the new wave and post punk of the ‘80s, not as nostalgia but as a timeless vehicle for self-expression.”
Similarly, MOTORCADE became a hit with the Dallas NPR-affiliate KXT that year. The influence was also felt by Minneapolis Public Radio station 89.3 The Current, which named MOTORCADE’s “Walk With Me” one of its “Top 100 Tracks of 2018.”
This kind of expert appropriation of sound is the work of some of the busiest musicians on the Dallas scene.
Over the years, band members John Dufilho (Bass, Voice), James Henderson (Guitar, Keyboards, Voice), Andrew Huffstetler (Voice), and Jeff Ryan (Drums), have variously recorded or toured with St. Vincent, The Apples in Stereo, The War on Drugs, the late, great Daniel Johnston, and many more.
Forgive the four years between records, but it took the world closing and the resultant long and late nights in a locked down city in order for See You In The Nothing to even exist.
The finished product is so worth it.
Here in 2022, with accolades for its debut feeding the new material, we have the current MOTORCADE single “Slip,” which is perfection.
“Recalling the layered bliss of Echo & The Bunnymen’s Ocean Rain (and especially its opening ‘Silver’ cut), ‘Slip’ is three minutes of dense joy,” says Central Track, the go-to local music discovery website for Dallas. “It’s one of the finest singles released by a North Texas-based act this year.”
Darker, but somehow, more glorious.
See You In The Nothing, the second album by Dallas-based foursome MOTORCADE, arrives on April 15, 2022 via Idol Records.
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PRESS QUOTES:
“A Britpop-flavored, love-at-first-listen. Anyone who came of age in the era of early MTV and the British Invasion’s second wave might just feel a kinship.”
“Ready to whisk you away to the lands of dark, smoky bars, equally smokey eyes, and plenty of scuffed leather.”
“A charming piece of indie rock that recalls Phoenix and Tame Impala, a thick mass of guitars and synthesizers from which a sharp hook emerges.”
“Doses of ‘80s-like brooding co-mingle with uplifting choruses. Suggests great things to come from the Dallas-based outfit.”
“Calm, cool, and collected: Masters of balancing chaos with control, they shine with charming post-punk passion ”
“Immensely melodic. As catchy as the band members are accomplished.”
“‘Recover’ is an 80’s pop wonder. Brilliant.”
“Perfectly blends the best of the ’80s while offering up intriguing and impressively original songwriting.”
“Mixing post-punk with ’60s psychedelia. The kind of thing we could see folks nationwide latching onto.”
“It’s all so perfectly crafted that it feels less like new wave homage and more like an actual album of the era.”
LIVE:
06/24/2022: Dallas. TX @ The Kessler Theater (Official Album Release Show) (w/ FIT) (Tickets)
07/16/2022: Fort Worth, TX @ Tulips (Tickets)
08/25/2022: The Colony, TX @ Lava Cantina (supporting Toadies) (Tickets)
08/26/2022: Cypress, TX @ The Barn at The Frio (supporting Toadies) (Tickets)
09/08/2022: Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater (supporting The Ocean Blue) (Tickets)
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Listen:
Spotify: spoti.fi/3x7SdYk
Apple: apple.co/3KbvVbC
Assets:
MOTORCADE (L-R): James Henderson, Andrew Huffstetler, Jeff Ryan, John Dufilho. Photo credit: Jerome Brock. Click for hi-res.
MOTORCADE (L-R): James Henderson, Andrew Huffstetler, John Dufilho, Jeff Ryan. Photo credit: Jerome Brock. Click for hi-res.
MOTORCADE (L-R): Jeff Ryan, James Henderson, Andrew Huffstetler, John Dufilho. Photo credit: Jerome Brock. Click for hi-res.
MOTORCADE (L-R): John Dufilho, James Henderson, Andrew Huffstetler, Jeff Ryan. Photo credit: Jerome Brock. Click for hi-res.
See You In The Nothing album cover art. Click for hi-res.
“Oblivion” single cover art. Click for hi-res.
“Standard Passage” single cover art. Click for hi-res.
“Slip” single cover art. Click for hi-res.