- ARTIST: Motherhood
- TITLE: Kyle Hangs Ten - single
- CAT#: FMG111
- FORMAT: Digital
- RELEASE DATE: February 26, 2026
To celebrate the 1-year anniversary of their Thunder Perfect Mind LP, Motherhood released this b-side single from the album sessions.
“Usually by the time we release a song, the original influences have been hidden under layers of subterfuge, with our attraction to play far outweighing our ability to stay put. With 'Kyle Hangs Ten,' we were trying to write the most surfy song we could without over-complicating a genre that, at it’s core, is just swaggy country music" explains the band. "Adam had a drum beat that we jammed over, eventually falling into a Miserlou-adjacent guitar melody and filling the rest with pastiches."
When Motherhood were preparing to record their 2025 LP, Thunder Perfect Mind, they couldn’t agree on the proper tempo for the song, until Kyle Cunjak (co-producer of the album) suggested both speeding it up AND slowing it down, creating 2 songs with the same bones.
"In the end, the slow version (the spaghetti western “Kyle Hangs at Noon”) made the record and the fast version ("Kyle Hangs Ten") didn’t," explains the band, "but we still love the song. Kyle promised us he’d be able to hang 10 by the time this song comes out. If not, he hangs at noon.”
“an unabashed surf rock jam” – 3am Revelations
a perfect slice of summer – Various Small Flames
“raucous, spaghetti western–inspired rock” – PhotogMusic
“pura inercia sonora: una pieza que celebra el juego, el ritmo y esa necesidad de moverse sin pensar demasiado.” – lacaverna
“Un morceau court, tranchant, qui prouve qu’un an après leur chef-d’œuvre, le trio n’a rien perdu de son mordant.” – iggy mag
