title: Oh Boy (The Paradise Motel album)
text: # Oh Boy (The Paradise Motel album)
  
  Oh Boy is an album released by the Australian band The Paradise Motel in September 2013. This was their first independently released album, and the first to predominantly feature songwriter Charles Bickford as vocalist. Many of the songs concern masculinity and Australian culture.
  
  The song 'The Spider' was released digitally as a single. Despite no touring and no promotion the album received positive reviews
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Merida Sussex – vocals
  * Charles Bickford – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  * Matt Aulich – guitars, arrangements
  * Esme Macdonald – bass guitar
  * Mark BJ Austin – keyboards, organ, pedal steel
  * Andy Hazel – drums
  * Campbell Shaw – violins
  