A decade later and the Hotelier's critical darling of the emo-revival is just as relevant, and its message is more desperate than ever.
A decade later and the critical darling of the emo-revival is just as relevant, and its message is more desperate than ever.I first discovered The Hotelier in college. I was in my first New York City apartment scouring Reddit for new music. It was 2015 so naturally r/emo would not shut up aboutAs I found out later that night, the band’s sophomore album was a towering achievement.
The album begins with a declaration of purpose. “Open the curtains,” lyricist Christian Holden proclaims at the head of the grandiose “An Introduction to the Album.” You’re either in for this type of earnestness, or you’re not. How you feel about the first 30 seconds of this album will likely reflect how you feel about the rest of it. I was in love the first time I heard it—finding assurance in Holden’s lyrics, which were raw yet poetic.
Images of cut wounds and jutting bone make an appearance during the chilling outro of “In Framing.” It’s a theme that goes back to the band’s first record,, where my favorite Hotelier song resides. In that track, “An Ode to the Nite Ratz Club,” Holden relives teenage wanderlust before bringing us down to Earth.
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