2012-2-6 11:29
NASNO
Hospitality - Hospitality 2012 [Indie]
<img src="http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j367/nasno/Xtxzu.jpg"><br>Artist: Hospitality<br>Album: Hospitality<br>Label: Merge<br>Playtime: 32:54 min<br>Genre: Indie<br>URL: http://hospitality.bandcamp.com/<br>Rip date: 2012-02-05<br>Street date: 2012-01-31<br>Size: 60.21 MB<br>Type: Normal<br>Quality: 244 kbps / 4410Hz / Joint Stereo<br><br>Release Notes <br><br>After releasing a well-received EP in 2008, Brooklyn indie pop trio<br>Hospitality seemingly went into hiding, not letting even a single track<br>escape. Finally, in early 2012, they resurfaced with a full-length,<br>self-titled album for Merge that expands on the promise of the EP and delivers<br>a nice combo of sophisticated wit, musical surprises, and emotional punch.<br>It's something bands like Camera Obscura and the Concretes are/were able to<br>achieve again and again, and Hospitality shares much with these two bands.<br>First thing would be a vocalist, Amber Papini, who sounds a little weird at<br>first but not in an off-putting way, more in a way that draws you in and<br>leaves you hanging on each oddly phrased word. Second thing is very catchy<br>tunes that will have you humming along right way. Papini's songs are<br>unstoppably charming, with equal doses of free-spirited joy, hard-won<br>knowledge, and semi-crushing melancholy. She writes about growing up, growing<br>apart, falling in love, and getting by in a way that is both thoughtful and<br>revealing, but never self-centered or insular. The third thing would be a<br>level of musical intelligence and inspiration that lifts them above the hordes<br>of drab indie lifers they share airspace with, and they have this to spare.<br>Papini and the group -- drummer Nathan Michel (who also provides keys,<br>guitars, backing vocals, and co-production) and bassist Brian Betancourt --<br>play Hospitality with a refined and steady grace that improves greatly on the<br>bedroom sound of the EP and adds just the right amount of depth to quiet and<br>thoughtful songs like "Julie" and "Sleepover." The group also does a fine job<br>of giving the uptempo tracks some pep, like on "All Day Today," which ends the<br>album in a whoosh of saxophones, clacking percussion, and Papini's breathless<br>vocals. They also have a nice ability to bounce happily (on the sweet and cute<br>"Betty Wang") or get your feet moving politely (on the album's best song,<br>"Friends of Friends," which sounds like the mellowest Delta 5 song ever).<br>Overall, there is a fine balance of sounds, feelings, and textures on the<br>album, enough to make Hospitality both a vindication of promise already<br>displayed by the band and hope for further greatness. That, and it just plain<br>sounds good.<br><br>Track List <br><br>01. Eighth Avenue 3:53<br>02. Friends of Friends 3:07<br>03. Betty Wang 2:13<br>04. Julie 4:15<br>05. The Right Profession 1:56<br>06. Sleepover 2:50<br>07. The Birthday 3:31<br>08. Argonauts 5:21<br>09. Liberal Arts 2:35<br>10. All Day Today 3:13<br><br><br><a href="http://115.com/file/antf64mh#">http://115.com/file/antf64mh#</a><br><br><br>
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