The Hotelier - Goodness (May 27, 2016) Album • Page 105

The interludes are beautiful... Couldn't imagine this record without them, wouldn't want to.

 

If you look at the mini sections the albums divided into with the interludes I think it's beautifully done.

 

Two Deliverances
Settle the Scar
Soft Animal
End of Reel
You in this Light

Are all amazing songs

Opening Mail For My Grandmother
Piano Player
Goodness Pt. 2
Sun

Are all good songs

The rest I don't want to judge because it's just little breaks in the album, I just can't see how people think this isn't an amazing piece of work though if you're into this kind of music. But I guess everyone's got their own opinions on what makes something great.

 

settle the scar was one of the best songs of 2013

 

I'm so glad I never listened to that song more than a couple of times.

 

always was so great when they played that one live.
I'm happy I heard it three years ago, gave me three extra years with an excellent song

 

I was thinking about this in comparison with The 1975, but I think that with this album the interludes unify rather than divide the sections. with both 1975 records, I feel that the interludes work to break off individual movements with distinct sounds and goals, transitioning between one section and another so that the whole thing feels natural. with this record, I don't think there are individual movements or distinct sections, rather I think the interludes place the rest of the album in a sonic context with the field recordings etc, highlighting the themes/tropes of the album and, again, giving a sense of space (track-wise and sound-wise, with the outdoor recordings and whatnot).

 

I've adjusted to the new version a lot, but idk if I'll ever not naturally sing "I was dying for a gram"

 

End of Reel makes me feel so many things. Like, it's this deep sense of nostalgia of a moment or memory that you desperately want to relive again because it was so perfect.

I don't know what I want, what I want's where I've been.

 

When I first heard just the guitar part I got early November vibes from it

 

I don't think I like that lyric very much.

 

yeah this is right on, it's a spacious, digressive followup, more of an environment than home was

 

This was my most anticipated album of the year, and it didn't disappoint in the slightest. Echoing what everyone is saying here about it feeling more open and spacious than home. Totally feeling that Murmur/Reckoning era R.E.M. influence on here

 

I can't believe how much I like piano player now haha.. I really didn't like it much as a single..

 

I mean I like it. It's a good song. But that's all I feel for it so far.

 

When you get used to Goodness Pt 2 it's one of their best songs, when the whole band comes in it's so cathartic in the complete opposite way to Home and I love it!

 

Settle The Scar is still strange to hear just because I listened to that song a hell of a lot on the Fest 12 split it was originally on, so even with the new version it still feels out of place to me. I tried to only give Soft Animal and Piano Player a listen or two before the album streamed, so thankfully those felt natural in the album.

 

AND I'M FREEEEEEEEZING SO FREEEEEEEEEEZING

 

i definitely miss dying for a gram (and the old gazette)

 

Just listened to Goodness Pt 1 and Pt 2 back to back, and I think it fits super well. The melodies are really similar in both, and Goodness Pt 1 feels like a good prelude to Pt 2. I like it.

 

So I took the dog out for an hour and a half walk earlier today. Walking in the sun, playing this album, soaking it all in. There's sort of a blissful warmth that runs through these songs that hits all the better parts of me. The lows are comfortable, calm, and make me reflect on all the goodness in my life. The highs are wonderful, joyous swirls. I really like this album.

 

Planning on doing a similar thing when I go for a run tomorrow morning, playing this back to back and just taking it all in.

 

I always knew about the old version of Settle the Scar, but since it was never I any of the streaming versions I only listened to it a couple of times. Glad I waited, because it seems to fit right in with the album for me

 

I'm hammered and I can't stop talking about this record. No one I know knows who they are and I just keep saying this album will change your life

@KennedyBN

 

Fucking love settle the scar's intro groove so much.