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  • Summary: The eighth full-length release for the Seattle-based singer-songwriter was produced by Chris Walla.
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  • Record Label: No Sleep Records
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock
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  1. Apr 24, 2015
    80
    Votolato’s new album, inexplicably titled Hospital Handshakes, offers yet another example of his considerable skills, a collection of songs that fires up an urgency that extends from first song to last.
  2. Jul 16, 2015
    80
    A perfect balancing act.
  3. Alternative Press
    Apr 24, 2015
    80
    Hospital Handshakes is proof that you can get close to hitting rock bottom and still rise up from the ashes with the album of your career. [May 2015, p.102]
  4. Apr 24, 2015
    80
    Hospital Handshakes offers tarnished but steely hope forged from an extended period in a personal and spiritual wilderness. Its determination marks the end of this transition (and trilogy) and exposes a new and open road that will likely serve as instructive to the listener as it did the songwriter.
  5. Apr 24, 2015
    70
    Hospital Handshakes is a milestone in Votolato’s career and one that would do well to serve as a springboard for all his efforts going forward.
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