“If I had a reputation to gamble, I’d put it all on Motel Motel. I’ve said it all before, but this is a gifted band which equals the sum of all its parts.”
- Brooklynvegan

“Motel Motel have a unified, shared vision that allows the band to jump from campfire song to math rock to prog and then to country dirge without ever raising suspicion.”
- Wired

“A brilliantly modern band…”
-Paste Magazine

“[Motel Motel's] record “New Denver” clocks in at an ambitious 72 minutes, and every single one of them is necessary listening. This is NYC’s best debut record of 2008.”
- New York Press

“This Brooklyn-based Americana pop band is that right taste of something new in your ears…”
- New York Post

“Motel Motel is the rare band that defies comparison simply because they’re better than most of what you want to compare them to.”
- Paper Magazine

“Maybe Motel Motel is the gateway drug to the genre that will change my hardened city heart into something a bit more rural. This band makes eccentric pop music that slides towards the skewed.”
- Oh My Rockness