Jul 29, 2009 | Hotels Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Hotels mix jangly dream pop and late-night shoegaze with countless other elements. Think droning post-rock guitars, combined with sci-fi soundtrack synthesisers and pounding drum beats. Where Hearts Go Broke is a dense and complex record that manages...
Jul 29, 2009 | Hotels Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “I missed this ex-New York band’s 2005 debut Thank You For Choosing, but now that leader Blake Madden has moved Hotels to Seattle, this excellent follow-up hits. Ouch. My loss… Madden’s bass is the unsung star, busy and staccato like...
Jun 2, 2009 | Hotels Reviews, Reviews
“It’s getting hard to resist stifling a yawn every time a band dumbs down the Joy Division sound for the Interpol generation. But when it’s done well, or extremely well in the case of Seattle’s Hotels, it’s a little easier to forgive a...
May 14, 2009 | Hotels Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “it’s ravishing to get as good an album as Hotels’ second effort Where Hearts Go Broke… the album brings synth-pop to the 21st century… definitely one of the better albums I’ve heard this year… hang around for album...
May 4, 2009 | Hotels Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Where Hearts Go Broke is what I’d call quality indie music! The opener ‘Hydra’ is a belter which sucks you into the album’s pure pop charms. Ludicrously catchy pop songs played in a sort of electro pop post-punk kind of way....
Apr 23, 2009 | Hotels Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “With angular guitars, sober vocals, omnipresent synths, and a taste for the cinematic, Hotels come off like the ultimate ’80s soundtrack band, something akin to a cross between the dreamy haze of M83 and the angsty garage rock of The...
