Home, Like Noplace Is There

by The Hotelier

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Luna this album is like, 60% of my identity. Favorite track: Dendron.

Dom DeGaetano It's a modern classic for a reason. Come over here and get punched in the heart. You'll be glad you did. Favorite track: Your Deep Rest.

Dianna Slater This is probably the 10th time I’ve bought this album and it’s worth every penny. I was hooked on The Hotelier (formerly the Hotel Year) the moment I heard this Album. It’s a must have for any fan of emo 🖤 “Among the Wildflowers” has sentimental value. The end of this track still makes me cry. I remember this album playing in the background on many sleepless nights spent talking to a dear friend of mine, who I will always miss terribly. “Chewing Wildflowers to Numb the Pain.” Favorite track: Among The Wildflowers.

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1.	An Introduction To The Album 04:32	buy track
2.	The Scope Of All Of This Rebuilding 02:26	buy track
3.	In Framing 02:59	buy track
4.	Your Deep Rest 03:47	buy track
5.	Among The Wildflowers 05:48	buy track
6.	Life In Drag 02:21	buy track
7.	Housebroken 04:50	buy track
8.	Discomfort Revisited 03:59	buy track
9.	Dendron 05:27	buy track

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The most political music is often the most explicit, battering its audience with its beliefs. But that isn't always the case; sometimes it embeds its ideas in subtler, more successful ways.

Take The Hotelier (previously The Hotel Year), whose second full-length Home, Like Noplace Is There is comprised of what can only be described as anthemic, cathartic rock songs, sent occasionally to delicate and destructive extremes. Singer Christian Holden pushes his clean voice until it crumbles, on "The Scope of All of This Rebuilding" against a strutting pace, and on the furious "Life in Drag", but most powerfully during the chorus of "Your Deep Rest" where his words are heart-wrenching and haunting. As drummer Sam Frederick stamps out an enormous beat and chords—strummed by Cody Millet, Scott Ayotte, and Chris Hoffman—clamor around him, Holden sings, "I called in sick from your funeral / tradition of closure made it feel impossible… / I should have never kept my word to you / Not a cry not a sound / Might've learned how to swim but never taught how to drown /You said remember me for me, I need to set my spirit free."

A careful listen to Holden's lyrics reveals that each song on Home, Like Noplace Is There makes a political statement, albeit by showing rather than telling. They may be most visible on "Housebroken" on which Holden addresses an abused dog; after inviting it to be free, he sings as the canine above a jangling guitar, saying, "Master's all that I got, keeps me having a purpose, / Gives me bed keeps me fed, and I'm just slightly nervous / Of what I might do if I were let loose / If I caught that mail car or ate garbage for food, / So as I bear all my teeth, I will ask of you please / to just leave." As this swaying song rises dramatically from this revelation, that some individuals prefer their restraints, it becomes clear that there's more to the record than its powerful melodies.

By making political statements through personal explorations, The Hotelier has not only make a uniquely political record, but also a subtler, more successful one.

- Dane Erbach

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released February 25, 2014

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The Hotelier Worcester, Massachusetts

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shows

Nov 01

Mr Smalls Theater

Pittsburgh, PA
Nov 02

Skully's Music Diner

Columbus, OH
Nov 04

The Pageant

St Louis, MO
Nov 05

Bottleneck

Lawrence, KS
Nov 07

Fine Line

Minneapolis, MN
Nov 12

Beachland Ballroom

Cleveland, OH
Nov 15

Theatre of Living Arts

Philadelphia, PA
Nov 16

Music Hall of Williamsburg

Brooklyn, NY
Nov 17

Racket NYC

New York (NYC), NY
Nov 18

The Sinclair

Cambridge, MA
Nov 19

Royale Boston

Boston, MA
Feb 07

Cat's Cradle

Carrboro, NC
Feb 08

Grey Eagle Music Hall

Asheville, NC
Feb 09

The Masquerade - Heaven

Atlanta, GA
Feb 10

The Beacham

Orlando, FL
Feb 12

White Oak Music Hall - Downstairs

Houston, TX
Feb 13

Granada Theater

Dallas, TX
Feb 14

Mohawk - Indoor

Austin, TX
Feb 16

Nile Theater

Mesa, AZ
Feb 17

The Belasco

Los Angeles (LA), CA
Feb 18

The Observatory North Park

San Diego, CA
Feb 20

The Observatory

Santa Ana, CA
Feb 25

Wonder Ballroom

Portland, OR
Feb 27

The Complex - UT

Salt Lake City, UT
Feb 28

Summit Music Hall

Denver, CO

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