The Periodic Label

Motorsoft

The decline and fall
Of all y’all motherfuckers
Rockwell no likey

Power is what brought Motorsoft to Harlem to record this album—the power hidden in a six-story building at Broadway and 133rd Street that was one of the quiet freaks of the Quarantine. Taken from the outside, it was just one of many unassuming ruins lining the collapsed tracks of the 1/9 subway line. Inside, however, it had a secret: Electricity.

In the wires that ran through the walls and into every socket, there was juice. Unlike buildings downtown that’d light up for an hour or a day and then go dark for months, 3280 Broadway had a steady surge. It powered Motorsoft’s amps, lit the 24-track console, and spun the 2-inch tape reels of the Otari MTR-9011.

Rockwell Coady: guitar, vocals
Marike Daimhaus: vocals
Danny W. Leo: drums
Gibb Slife: bass
Marnie Stern: guitars

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