The 1980 Listening Post - The Motors - Tenement Steps

 The Motors - Tenement Steps 

January 1980 LISTENING POST DISCOVERY

The Motors

Tenement Steps

Genre: New Wave

4.55 out of 5

Highlights:

Love and Loneliness

Metropolis

That’s What John Said

Here Comes the Hustler

This band is what gave us Bram Tchaikovsky but he was gone by the time this record came out and I’ve never even heard of them. This album sounds like what a rock band does when it adds keyboards to widen it’s sound, like Queen during The Game. 

Only Freddie and the boys could elevate even the most modest Power Pop and turn them into ear worms. 

This sound is just…big. These guys are going for epic bordering on Synth Rock. 

Merge Sparks with ELO and you get something like this. 

I like it better than what I’ve heard from Bram, tbh.

This is right up my alley.

This playlist is out of order, try to listen to “Modern Man” last. It’s the weakest track here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdVeZP7cmCI&list=PLlvn8uktX5LuqPfQLwsaMq4GT5AtOyHH3