The Hotelier - Goodness (May 27, 2016) Album • Page 80

"Fear of Good" is the only interlude I don't love.

 

Review next Thursday

 

I hate the opening coordinates
Just finished up. I liked that a lot more on first listen than I did Home, whether it will have the same emotional impact on me is to be seen.

 

I really want to know why those drums happen.

 

Well that sucked.

 

"Opening Mail For My Grandmother" has grown on me tremendously since I first heard it

 

you in this light is great. probably my favorite of the ones i hadn't heard yet

 

Well. Just finished listening. End Of Reel is so fucking great holy shit. Love the little throwback to Goodness Pt. 2 at the end.

That was the album I never knew I wanted or needed and I've already fallen totally in love with it. Can't wait to crack open a beer after work tomorrow and just sit in my living room and listen to it on full blast in an empty house.

Gonna have to love you and leave you, guys. Gotta be up in 5 and a half hours. Whoops.

Hope you all love this album and see yall in the morning where I'll likely have to delve through about 15 pages hah. Have a great time!

 

oh damn four pages in an hour

glad everyone is liking this

 

So... yeah. I'm hesitant to even post first reactions, but here are some rambling thoughts I have after my initial experience with this record

1. As others have acknowledged, this one is going to be a grower. Which is fine. It took several months with Home for it to become what it is to me now. That being said, there was nothing here I disliked. Everything was like to love. It's just a matter of what it will become with time.

2. End of Reel is such a climactic song. Perfect closer.

3. I need lyrics to truly appreciate this album. Thats what got me into Home, listening along with the lyrics in front of me.

Overall, I'm so happy to finally have this in my life. I cannot wait to see what it becomes for me.

 

what are your thoughts after having it a while? I'm guessing they've changed a bit since your blog post on AP

 

interesting seeing people saying home was a grower too, that album was one of the biggest immediate gutshots i've heard in recent years

 

I was kidding!

 

where the fuck is my twin @Zac Djamoos

 

I thought introduction was a bad song at first. what a fool I was.

 

I'm pretty much immediately going to start a second listen, haha.

 

oh god i wish i could relisten to introduction for the first time again. now that was special

 

Yeah I really want the lyrics.

 

they'll probably be on bandcamp when it goes up for purchase tonight

 

me too, haha. The only song I really liked on first listen was "Life in Drag".

 

I don't think it's going up for purchase tonight is it?

 

Yeah that's the song that kept me going back.

 

pretty sure it is at midnight when the preorder downloads go out

 

it was for me weirdly. i loved it a lot on first listen but it wasn't like, album of the year or anything. i thought in framing and discomfort were generic songs. then the lyrics came out.

 

ya'll are weird, life in drag was probably one of my least favorites at first lol