When you record at The Aviary and you have Melbourne’s elite playing alongside you, then you can be assured your record will be nothing but gold. Opener My Baby (Don’t Return My Calls) is a tremolo rockabilly guitar’n good time. It’s short at two minutes and features vocal harmonies that are sweet like Manuka honey. Catchy and fast paced, it’ll make you want to swing your hips. As a guitarist, it’s easy to find comfort in a cool blues-y lick, but for music lovers this is a call to arms. Little Desert sounds like it could easily fit into an American TV soundtrack where the protagonist is about to seek revenge, driving through the Californian desert and Watch Out broods away with a solid rhythm section that would easily compliment a slow shimmy.
Tell your mum, tell your dog, and tell your friends, because Emilee South is soon to be the name on everyone’s lips. Motel is a definite highlight of this year’s local releases and you need it in your life.
