Brent Hinds’ West End Motel Releases New Song, “Raisinha”

West End Motel, the side project of Mastodon guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds, have released a new song called “Raisinha.” The song takes its name from, and is a tribute to, Hinds’ wife Raisa, to whom Hinds proposed on stage in 2017 and married a short while later.

West End Motel released another track called “New Wave Kid” back in September. Both songs appear to be one-off singles for the time being.

Mastodon have been in the studio in recent weeks recording the follow-up to Emperor of Sand (2017) at their new, very own recording studio after a busy year of writing. Drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor previously revealed the band has about 30 songs written that he said could easily be separated into two separate albums, one of “doom” tracks and one full of faster “rippers,” and recently added that if the pandemic drags on they may release two albums.