Motel 7, A Duo with Acoustic Beats and Lyrics

Music

April 20, 2022

Caroline Cotten

Music that can invoke a state of mind is music that is coming from a place of thoughtful purpose. Motel 7, a duo creating acoustic beats and relatable lyrics, has done just that. Anton Khabba and Dylan Jagger Lee met as students in music school where the two found their voices (quite literally) during their night owl music sessions. The band produces lo-fi beats combined with acoustics notes to evoke a captivating ease and fluidity; a welcoming retreat from our fast paced reality. This fluidity is also expressed in their writing style where the two have adopted a practice of writing what first comes to mind and simply rolling with it. 
In 2018, Motel 7 released their first song on Soundcloud, and the encouraging success has grown into a sizable following. Their latest EP, “Headphones”, is a culminating display of Motel 7’s authenticity in their approach to creation. Behind the scenes of “Headphones”, Dylan and Anton acted on the immediacy of lifes day-to-day experiences to produce...

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