Home, Like Noplace Is There
| Home, Like Noplace Is There | ||||
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| Studio album by The Hotelier | ||||
| Released | February 25, 2014 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock,[1] punk rock[1] | |||
| Length | 36:15 | |||
| Label | Tiny Engines | |||
| The Hotelier chronology | ||||
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Home, Like Noplace Is There is the second studio album by American emo band The Hotelier released in 2014.
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 91/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Punknews |   [3] |
| Pitchfork | 8.2/10[4] |
Release
The band released their second album in 2014 titled Home, Like Noplace Is There, which brought the band to attention in the emo revival scene.[5][6][7] After releasing the album, vocalist Christian Holden stated in a blog post on the bands Tumblr that "Our new album deals with some real dark stuff. So to all my brooding and slightly damaged friends, have your a happy album or Rugrats in Paris nearby. It’s partly about my experience with friends and loved ones in the past three years which were very complicated, toxic, and abusive. But laid within is a lot about the deconstruction of self for personal growth and transformation. I hope it helps you live and stuff. Apparently we are emo now."[8]
Reception
Home, Like Noplace Is There ranked at number 1 on the AbsolutePunk staff's top 30 albums of 2014,[9] and number 6 on the users' top 50 albums of 2000-2015.[10] According to Marc Snitzer, writer for the Philadelphia City Paper, The Hotelier was named one of two bands "leading the emo revival".[11] The band was ranked number seven on Alternative Press's list of the "12 Biggest Moments of The #EmoRevival in 2014" for releasing their sophomore album.[12] Leor Galil, writer for the Chicago Reader named it his favorite record of 2014.[13] The band was also featured (for their second album) in a Boston Globe article highlighting the best music from Boston in 2014.[14] The album was included at number 29 on Rock Sound's "Top 50 Albums of the Year" list.[15]
Track listing
All music composed by The Hotelier.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "An Introduction to the Album" | 4:32 |
| 2. | "The Scope of All of This Rebuilding" | 2:26 |
| 3. | "In Framing" | 2:59 |
| 4. | "Your Deep Rest" | 3:47 |
| 5. | "Among the Wildflowers" | 5:48 |
| 6. | "Life in Drag" | 2:21 |
| 7. | "Housebroken" | 4:50 |
| 8. | "Discomfort Revisited" | 3:59 |
| 9. | "Dendron" | 5:27 |
| Total length: | 36:15 | |
Personnel
- Christian Holden – vocals, bass
- Chris Hoffman – guitar, vocals
- Ben Gauthier – guitar
- Sam Frederick – drums
References
- 1 2 http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/the_hotelier_home_like_noplace_is_there
- ↑ "HOME, LIKE NOPLACE IS THERE by The Hotelier". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ↑ "The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There (2014)". Punknews.org. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
|first1=missing|last1=in Authors list (help) - ↑ Cohen, Ian. "The Hotelier - Home, Like NoPlace Is There". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ↑ Slessor, Dan. "The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There". Alternative Press. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ Cohen, Ian. "The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ Blest, Paul. "The Hotelier Want to Cut Through the Bro Culture Crap". Vice. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ Ryan, Kyle. "The Hotelier’s "Housebroken" empathizes with the bitches being kept in line". A.V. Club. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ "AP.net Staff List". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ↑ "AP.net Users Rank Their Top 50 Albums (2000-2015)". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ↑ Snitzer, Mark. "Two bands leading the new emo revival". Philadelphia City Newspaper. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ Bogosian, Dan. "12 Biggest Moments of The #EmoRevival in 2014". Alternative Press. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ Galil, Leor. "I changed my mind: Year-end lists matter". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ Caballero, Martin; Garelick, Jon; O'Neil, Luke; Reed, James; Rodman, Sarah; Smith, Steve. "Best of Boston Music 2014". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ Bird, ed. 2015, p. 25