Home, Like Noplace Is There
Studio album by
The Hotelier
ReleasedFebruary 25, 2014
Genre
Length36:15
LabelTiny Engines
The Hotelier chronology
It Never Goes Out
(2011)		 Home, Like Noplace Is There
(2014)		 Goodness
(2016)

Home, Like Noplace Is There is the second studio album by American rock band The Hotelier. Released in 2014, the album received widespread critical acclaim and became recognized as one of the best emo revival albums of all time.[2]

Release

The band released their second album in 2014 titled Home, Like Noplace Is There, which brought the band to attention in the emo revival scene.[1][4][5] After releasing the album, vocalist Christian Holden stated in a blog post on the band's Tumblr that "Our new album deals with some real dark stuff. So to all my brooding and slightly damaged friends, have your a happy album or Rugrats in Paris nearby. It's partly about my experience with friends and loved ones in the past three years which were very complicated, toxic, and abusive. But laid within is a lot about the deconstruction of self for personal growth and transformation. I hope it helps you live and stuff. Apparently we are emo now."[6]

In June, the group supported Modern Baseball (band) on their headlining US tour.[7] In July and August, the group went on a co-headlining US tour with Foxing. Prawn and Little Big League appeared on select dates.[8] In October and November, the group supported The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die on their US tour.[9] In August and September, the group supported The Get Up Kids on their headlining US tour.[10] Following this, the group embarked on their own headlining US tour in October and November. They were supported by Runaway Brother, Oso Oso and The Spirit of the Beehive.[11]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic91/100[12]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[13]
Alternative Press[1]
Now4/5[14]
Pitchfork8.2/10[4]
Punknews.org[15]
Rock Sound9/10[16]
Sputnikmusic4.6/5[17]

Home, Like Noplace Is There received universal critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 91, indicating "universal acclaim".

In the review for AllMusic, Fred Thomas described the album as, "a beautiful blur of raw feelings and stark observations, supported by well-thought-out hooks and musicianship".[13] Adam Thomas of Sputnikmusic stated that "Home, Like NoPlace Is There begs to be adapted to its listener's own fears and struggles, regardless of if it's grief, isolation, identity or even something a bit more abstract. It's a helping hand when you need it most – and that's the strongest compliment I could ever possibly give a record."[17] Ian Cohen of Pitchfork declared that "This might be the sound of The Hotelier tearing the building down, but they're working towards something monumental."[4]

Year-end lists

Home, Like Noplace Is There ranked at number two on Sputnikmusic's Staff's Top 50 of 2014 list.[18] It was listed at number one on the AbsolutePunk staff's top 30 albums of 2014,[19] and number six on the users' top 50 albums of 2000-2015.[20] According to Marc Snitzer, writer for the Philadelphia City Paper, The Hotelier was named one of two bands "leading the emo revival".[21] The band was ranked number seven on Alternative Press's list of the "12 Biggest Moments of The #EmoRevival in 2014" for releasing their sophomore album.[22] Leor Galil, writer for the Chicago Reader named it his favorite record of 2014.[23] The band was also featured (for their second album) in a Boston Globe article highlighting the best music from Boston in 2014.[24] The album was included at number 29 on Rock Sound's "Top 50 Albums of the Year" list.[25]

In 2017, Spin ranked Home, Like Noplace Is There at number one on their list of the 30 Best Emo Revival Albums, Ranked.[2]

Track listing

All music is composed by The Hotelier

No.TitleLength
1."An Introduction to the Album"4:32
2."The Scope of All of This Rebuilding"2:26
3."In Framing"2:59
4."Your Deep Rest"3:47
5."Among the Wildflowers"5:48
6."Life in Drag"2:21
7."Housebroken"4:50
8."Discomfort Revisited"3:59
9."Dendron"5:27
Total length:36:15

Personnel

  • Christian Holden – vocals, bass
  • Chris Hoffman – guitar, vocals
  • Ben Gauthier – guitar, vocals
  • Sam Frederick – drums

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Slessor, Dan (February 10, 2014). "The Hotelier – Home, Like Noplace Is There". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on January 15, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "30 Best Emo Revival Albums, Ranked". Spin. 2017-06-14. Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  3. ↑ Pitchfork Staff (October 8, 2019). "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 4, 2023. But the album balances its strife with jumpy pop-punk hooks, and never grows numb to suffering or loses its drive to uplift.
  4. 1 2 3 Cohen, Ian (February 28, 2014). "The Hotelier: Home, Like NoPlace Is There". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on June 27, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  5. ↑ Blest, Paul. "The Hotelier Want to Cut Through the Bro Culture Crap". Vice. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Ryan, Kyle. "The Hotelier's "Housebroken" empathizes with the bitches being kept in line". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Crane, Matt (April 21, 2014). "Modern Baseball, Tiny Moving Parts, the Hotelier announce summer tour". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on December 20, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  8. ↑ Crane, Matt (June 10, 2014). "Foxing, the Hotelier announce summer co-headlining tour". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  9. ↑ Sharp, Tyler (August 20, 2014). "The World Is A Beautiful Place… announce fall tour with the Hotelier". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on March 28, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  10. ↑ Sharp, Tyler (June 9, 2015). "The Get Up Kids announce 20-year anniversary tour with the Hotelier". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on April 7, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  11. ↑ Leak, Brian (August 5, 2015). "The Hotelier announce fall headlining tour dates with Runaway Brother, more". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on August 8, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Reviews for Home, Like Noplace Is There by The Hotelier". Metacritic. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  13. 1 2 Thomas, Fred (March 3, 2014). "The Hotelier – Home, Like Noplace Is There Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  14. ↑ Kloke, Joshua (February 20, 2014). "The Hotelier". Now. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  15. ↑ RENALDO69 (February 17, 2014). "The Hotelier – Home, Like Noplace Is There". Punknews.org. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ↑ Ritchie, Andy (April 4, 2014). "The Hotelier – Home, Like Noplace Is There". Rock Sound. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  17. 1 2 Thomas, Adam (April 12, 2014). "The Hotelier – Home, Like NoPlace Is There (album review 8)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Sputnikmusic - Staff's Top 50 Albums of 2014: 10 – 1 « Staff Blog". www.sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  19. ↑ "AP.net Staff List". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  20. ↑ "AP.net Users Rank Their Top 50 Albums (2000-2015)". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  21. ↑ Snitzer, Mark. "Two bands leading the new emo revival". Philadelphia City Newspaper. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  22. ↑ Bogosian, Dan. "12 Biggest Moments of The #EmoRevival in 2014". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  23. ↑ Galil, Leor. "I changed my mind: Year-end lists matter". Chicago Reader. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  24. ↑ Caballero, Martin; Garelick, Jon; O'Neil, Luke; Reed, James; Rodman, Sarah; Smith, Steve. "Best of Boston Music 2014". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  25. ↑ Bird, ed. 2015, p. 25
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