The Hotelier - Goodness (May 27, 2016) Album • Page 91

I really liked Pt2 too. Too early to pick favourites though.

 

I did part 1 into poem into part 2 yesterday for my first stream and it worked incredibly well

Also part 2 is a jam and a half

 

Settle the Scar is kind of blowing me away very glad I never listened to the original version much.

 

I want to listen to this outside somewhere but I have terrible allergies rn

 

the weird distortion/discordance or whatever added to the bridge in "Settle The Scar" is amazing--it feels like a way of disarming people who think they know what they're getting. I feel like the two versions of the song can reveal a lot between them but I'd have to look into it more. the "I was dying for a gram" ---> "I guess I lost my stable hand" seems like a weighty shift to me

This album actually reminds me a lot of the first two I Can Make A Mess albums, a comparison I wasn't expecting to make going in.

 

Every time I listen to an album I remotely care about for the first time, I wish I could erase my memory of hearing the singles.

 

Yesssss, so excited! Listening now and it's amazing.

 

Pretty happy I didn't listen to any of the singles.

 

Carved your name across the sky in a fit of exiting.
With the polar night just in sight, will you come and visit me?
You and me twin-firing machines spending all our energy.
If it's you undone, then I can't sit with you.
And it's you undone and I can't sit in your sun.

 

So... I hate waking up in the mornings... But this morning my alarm went off and I was just excited to listen to this album again. Like its never hard to get out of bed on Christmas morning, and it's the same feeling lol.

 

It's a great song

 

see, i had already heard most of the record due to settle the scar and the live tracks as well, lol. not very much new for me on here which is kind of a bummer

 

the bass at the beginning of "End Of Reel" is so full and warming like warm tea down my throat

 

I feel like it's going to take a couple months for my brain to fully realize that Settle The Scar is part of an album now. I can't really explain that, but yeah.

 

After listening to the live stream multiple times, listening to the clips two times through, and exhausting the singles (I know I'm ridiculously impatient), I still had an amazing first listen. Makes me think this albums going to grow on everyone a lot.

 

I just was about to write that my ear is finally adjusting to hearing this version of settle the scar.. It took a few listens but I am there, I'm not expecting to hear the old tempo anymore.. I think the end of the song works better at this slower tempo

 

It's a grower and I can't imagine what this could mean to me a year from now

 

Listening to this at work and I'm worried bc of what this record does to me emotionally.. Just wrecks me.. Not in a I'm super sad just a, I'm feeling all of these things I'm not used to

 

I'm shocked people don't like goodness part 2, it may be my favorite

 

Once you get used to the rhythmic entrances, guitars on the and of 2 and bass on the and of one, it works really really well..

It's cool that all of the entrances are syncopated, just follows whole concept of the album.

 

I love goodness pt2

 

I've listened to the album about six times so far and it just keeps getting better. Amazing that they were able to write something that is so positive/uplifting after writing an album that is so dark. Didn't take more than one listen for this to jump to the top of my AOTY list.

Side note from the interview... I got the sense that Christian fairly controlling over the direction of the band (specifically referring to objections of the cover art and spoken word intro from the other members). Anyone else get that vibe or was I just reading into it too much?

 

I got that vibe completely and wouldn't be surprised if Hotelier is eventually just Christian

 

Yea I get that vibe totally.. Hoping the other members are just really trusting of his vision... But if it came to the point where Christian was the only member I would be a little disappointed

 

This album makes me want to find all of the people I love and give them a big hug. I've honestly never felt so passionate about an album. I'm a relatively new music listener (at least I didn't really start diving into music until around 5 years ago), so I was never around for the first listen of Devil and God, but I imagine this is what it felt like.

I think someone has to say it; this is the new Devil and God. I'm willing to put it on that level.