The Hotelier - Goodness (May 27, 2016) Album • Page 306

I was definitely one of the "the poem and snare hits take away from the album" people back then. What a weird hill to die on.

 

Sun is just a fucking amazing song

 

I really like Goodness but I don't think anything can top Home for me. It reminds me of such good times and people, especially one specific person, that I love so much. Every time I hear that first accordion chord I want to travel back to the winter of 14/15, when I discovered that record. It makes me sad, or at least very sentimental, every time I hear it but I still want to listen to it over and over again. It's one of my favourite records ever and after having spent six years with it, it feels like it's going to be that forever.

 

There's moments in my life that Home were the soundtrack to that were so important to me that it'll never be topped, but Goodness is an incredibly worthy follow-up. If the only thing that separates two albums in quality is nostalgia then you know you've got a damn fine band on your hands

 

Goodness is like otherworldly. There was a while where it was the only sound I wanted to hear.

 

Listened to this in the car today and my girlfriend bopped the steering wheel a bit.

 

God bless starting this thread back up. This album made my night. I love how well they made it fit the 2x LP format they pressed it in

 

Maybe the only pure thread on the site

 

oh shit okay let's do this it's been awhile

 

This thread made me listen to this hiking through the woods and it was perfect

 

Listening rn and the feels and nostalgia is unmatched

 

I don’t think the interludes on this record get enough praise. The two coordinate ones are so beautiful and really set the tone, and Fear Of Good is such a special moment.

A message to my brother sky
I long to hold your hand tonight
But when up against this summit's height
I'm tense, I'm small, I'm speechless
And I'm freezing
So freezing

 

I literally meditate to the I see the moon interludes

 

I bought a bundle of every variant they were releasing for this album because I was so ecstatic about it. I miss feeling like that. I also wish I didn’t make that decision because now I’m sitting on extra copies of it lol. But regardless, I miss feeling excited to that extreme.

 

The closer is just so good. It’s really one of the only songs on Goodness’s that slips into a similar vein/tone as Home.

 

Goodness might be my favorite album ever. It’s perfect.

 

I wanted this record to hit me like it has for some of you. But it didn't. And I gave it way more listens than most albums, through different systems, speakers etc. It just didn't hit me. And I was let down, because Home is the perfect record for me.

 

Genuinely sorry for you. This is an all-timer for me, whereas Home is crazy good but ultimately feels more "of its time."

 

Yeah I mean I think my love of home is well documented and, while I think this is only a notch below in terms of quality and in terms of my connection to it (and honestly probably a notch above lyrically), I think that album does a much better job of creating a world or a feeling and embodying that musically and lyrically

 

Goodness knocked me off my feet when I first heard it, especially coming at a time in my life when things were moving from darkness to light. Like many of you have said already, it all broke into something transcendent and encompassing (from the songs themselves, to the poetry of the lyrics, to the use of field recordings and interludes, to the rawer production). Home is also incredible, but doesn’t quite reach that threshold.

 

I hold both Home and Goodness about 20 notches above other emo albums. Always will.

 

Remember when someone tried to say the guitar solo in "Goodness pt. 2" wasn't earned?

 

What does that even mean?

 

And it sounded like something [they] would say

 

Christian will be live tomorrow playing poker with a bunch of other music folks