"Home, Like Noplace Is There is their most widely-loved album, but for my money, their masterpiece is 2016's Goodness, an album that transcends any specific subgenre and feels like a monumental album for underground rock overall. It's a warm, atmospheric record with folk/post-rock interludes, vivid imagery, and the best songwriting and production of the band's career. They already learned how to write soaring hooks on their debut, but on Goodness, they wove those hooks in with intricate arrangements and inventive song structures."
"Because emo is often a youth-oriented genre, a lot of these bands get attention when they're very young, and we end up seeing the good ones drastically evolve before our eyes. (Emo 101: Just because a band's debut album is whiny pop punk, doesn't mean they won't release some tremendous art rock record in like five years.) And The Hotelier are one of those bands; each album was a gigantic leap from the last."
The Hotelier will mark the tenth anniversary of their 2016 album Goodness with North American shows in June and July, including Chicago (June 18), Toronto (June 21), New York City (June 25), and Los Angeles (July 31). Tickets go on sale February 20 at 10 AM local time, with a presale on February 19 at 10 AM local using password GOODNESS26. Goodness was named one of the 50 Best Punk & Emo Albums of 2015–2019. The album features warm, atmospheric production, folk and post‑rock interludes, vivid imagery, soaring hooks, intricate arrangements, and inventive song structures that signal the band's musical evolution.
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