The Hotelier - Goodness (May 27, 2016) Album • Page 83

This album has such an EndSerenading feel to it for me. I love it. Also some Weakerthans and Dismemberment Plan.

 

i'm so. excited. right now.

::takes deep breath::

::hits play::

 

the weird aspects of this record remind me of D-plan

 

i hear you are invited in three songs which is probably more on me than the songs

 

Two Deliverances god DAMN

 

yeah it's actually a catchier and better-structured pop punk song than the deliberate pop punk they wrote pre-Home

 

i said i was gonna wait til tomorrow and listen to this for the first time in the park but here we are (in my dimly lit bedroom)
i really wanna read along to the lyrics

 

been saying the d-plan stuff ever since the new songs live in november!
:)

 

only one of the greatest songs ever

 

This is definitely treating me better than when I listened through the clips. It's much better as an uninterrupted whole.

 

this album made me feel love. I feel inspired. I want to go out into the world and do what I love and live and listen to music.

I'm sorry, this album is gonna get me all mushy. It hit me hard.

 

Successfully completed round number two of Goodness. Still good. Still very good(ness).

 

Fingers crossed

 

tonight we will celebrate cyclical spin
as we ritually send off the fire at both ends
and i'm blanketed wet with the thought in my head
i don't know what i want what i want's where i've been

 

Wow. That's great

 

end of reel is the best song they've written imo. i'm a sucker for songs that progress through various parts to end at a different place than where they start.

 

Only 7 hours of work until I get to listen to this. I'm dying after reading through everyone's initial thoughts.

 

About to dive into my 3rd and final listen of the day. I'm already getting tired so I'm really glad I didn't end up having to stay awake until midnight to hear this.

 

Between this band and Pinegrove, I'm super stoked on music again

 

was that, like, clipping at the end of You In This Light an intentional part of the song or does my connection suck?

 

the third interlude sounds like the guitar picking at the end of Home... but in like a major chord

 

I forgot there was a b-side on the Goodness Pt. 1 vinyl called Rain, so there is still one more song out there. Phenomenal album by the way. I could see it overtaking Home for me personally with time. Two Deliverances might be my new favorite Hotelier song.

 

I don't think this is an album I'll ever be able to listen to just parts of. Whereas on Home I could put on any single song and enjoy it by itself... that doesn't make any sense for this album.

That's what got me with the clips. I badly underestimated the "full album" experience and how that would shape my perception. I also won't ever be close to as crazy about this as many of you are, but I'm glad I "get it" more now. I appreciate how different it is than Home, and I'm sure I'll be picking up new things each time I listen.

 

I enjoyed it. Definitely don't connect with this band like I feel like I would've a decade ago, but I can appreciate and understand how people do.

 

Definitely intentional.