The Hotelier - Goodness (May 27, 2016) Album • Page 158

"The kind of thing that hangs inside a moment
A kiss of good that's temperate and golden
That permeates the surface of the woven
And seeps into the piece of you inside of my head"

 

This is my number two!

 

This album has finally clicked and I am losing my shit.

 

lyrics that came with the album dl said it's actually "damper to floor"

 

Damn genius

 

I have those lyrics too lol I just am on my phone so genius was easier

 

But if I want them to, will they come to me soon? Will they fluctuate between midnight and past noon? Was kind of banking on a future that'd be involving you but I couldn't ask this of you

 

"if i choose this too, does this count as my move?"

i have a piece written up, but im still editing it at the moment

 

japanese breakfast shoutout!

also another band you guys should listen to

 

Driving home from Seattle at the moment so typing is not super safe so I can't copy out my "favorite lyric" atm, but one of my favorites off the top of my head is in two deliverances "I can't drop my history just to become new"... Just so relatable, hits home

 

I definitely hear some brother, sister influence on the structure of this record. (Mainly with the use of interludes I guess) Pretty cool he named Aaron as one of his favorite song writers.

 

Lately whenever I listen to "You In This Light" I get huge JEW Clarity vibes. Like it could totally fit with that record had JEW written it 20 years ago lol

 

For those of you, who are, like me, up late at night, here's my piece I wrote on the album. It's definitely long, so if you're not feeling it, that's totally fine. I just wanted to get all my thoughts out there on why I feel like this is basically a modern piece of Transcendentalism art. I'll probably edit it a bit more in the morning and post the link again when that happens/when the thread conversation passes it by, but here it is:

On Fleeting Love, Cosmic Conciousness, and Transcendentalism in The Hotelier’s Goodness | The Garden Statement

Also, I don't like how my personal blog handles block quotes but I don't have the time or the brainpower to recode/fix that, so I'll just have to accept it.

Oh yeah and NSFW tag since the artwork is at the top of the review

 

This and:

"In this young night's sky there are pinhole lights. Find the shape of a harp and an arrowhead.
Do I hear your tunes or acknowledge wounds that I got from rubbing elbows with a sharpened edge?"

Or, you know, basically all of Two Deliverances tbh.

 

Damn what a read.. I think it's worth noting that not many records in our scene inspire lyrical write ups of this magnitude. I love that the lyrics from this record really read like poetry and I think you did a great job connecting the themes of the mentioned writers to the themes on the album. Thanks for this.

 

Here's the setlist I saw last night, though I think they may be changing it up a tiny bit, since they said they hadn't played "In Framing" on this tour yet:

Goodness Pt. 2
Piano Player
Your Deep Rest
Among the Wildflowers
Life in Drag
N 43° 33' 55.676" W 72° 45' 11.914
Two Deliverances
Settle the Scar
N 42° 6' 3.001" W 71° 55' 3.295
Soft Animal
Sun
In Framing
An Introduction to the Album
The Scope of All This Rebuilding
Dendron

They will probably play a couple more songs as well, but they got started about fifteen minutes late.

 

I've been listening to this while reading the lyrics and man... the guy is a poet and a half. I'm a lit major and I live for this kinda shit.

You In This Light is especially beautiful

 

Did anyone who ordered the 7 inch separate get it shipped yet? I heard they were shipping it out/some people got it and my Tiny Engines order says nothing. I have an unkown UPS package being shipped to me from Colorado (yay UPS my choice alerts) so maybe that's it?

 

Was it 15 minutes late? I thought Loone went longer because Walter etc's set was only like 15 minutes so they still ended at 9:30, putting the Hotelier on at 9:50, I could be mistaken. I think those are all the songs played at all the other dates anyway though

 

Hey guys. I just finished listening to Reconstruction Site and it was fucking unbelievably good.

Okay see ya.

 

Just finished updating the review. Switched a few phrases and cleaned things up a bit. Thanks for reading. Please share if you enjoy. I know my blog doesn't get a ton of hits, but I'd love for this to reach as many people as possible:

On Fleeting Love, Cosmic Conciousness, and Transcendentalism in The Hotelier’s Goodness | The Garden Statement

 

Nah, they started about 9:55 or so, so maybe just ten minutes. Still cut off a song or two.

 

Really excited to read that after work today

 

Right? Now check Left & Leaving because it's even better imo

 

I'd expect to see "You In This Light" and "End of Reel" in the setlist.