Kino Motel is a new duo churning out 'grit pop', as they’ve labeled themselves, composed of Ed Fraser from Berlin post punk trio Heads, and Rosa Mercedes from Josephine Foster's band, which was formed after meeting in a commune in Berlin, and having a sweaty basement karaoke session somewhere in Vietnam.
Following that international introduction, it only makes sense that the music video for their debut single "Waves", coming out today, October 23rd, was shot in Bangkok as the first of a 5 part series that will take the duo around the globe.
Featuring a rooftop Kung Fu master and a villain with strange demands, the video takes us on a journey through the gritty backstreets of Bangkok. The second single from Kino Motel takes us to Vietnam, the third to Australia, and you’ll have to keep following them around for more.
“Sneaking around in a friend's hotel we found an abandoned floor with a stage, and some kind of sex museum with these strange abandoned hallways, and were immediately like ‘this is where we shoot',” the band explains of the video, “the kung fu shots were done at 25 stories up with no guard rail, it was just take a wrong step and then it's straight down so they really took some nerve to shoot. We spent the rest of the filming skulking around the back-alleys of Bangkok, and took the entire final night to follow stray cats and dogs around until the sun came up.”
Listen to [KINO MOTEL - "Waves"](https://tellallyourfriendspr-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1pM_N2fh7hPOIjZBPF0SkE2M7Ugv0rw_PtX-7QpJOJ-U-2136211696&key=YAMMID-87731793&link=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fkinomotel%2Fkino-motel-waves%2Fs-htBGsp3BE7P) right here.
