Hospitality - Hospitality
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75 out of 100

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7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

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  • Record Label: Merge
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. The A.V. Club
    Jan 31, 2012
    91
    Hospitality is a sharp, well-rehearsed guitar-pop collection.
  2. All Music Guide
    Feb 2, 2012
    80
    Overall, there is a fine balance of sounds, feelings, and textures on the album, enough to make Hospitality both a vindication of promise already displayed by the band and hope for further greatness.
  3. The Fly (UK)
    Apr 5, 2012
    80
    If this is bedroom pop, it surely stems from the most cluttered yet colourful bedroom imaginable.
  4. Uncut
    Feb 3, 2012
    60
    Some of the arrangements are busier than they need to be. [Mar 2012, p.89]
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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
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  1. Jfandango
    10
    I've been waiting for a great debut all year since most of the recent LPs from my favorite bands (Dirty projectors, twin shadow, the tallest man on earth) have been kind of a let down. But once I saw this band on NPR, I was hooked. "Sleepover" is beautiful and powerful with just raw emotion. All 10 songs are gorgeous, pleasant, fun, and a new sound to lo-fi pop rock. The subtlety and smoothness of this band is really what gets me, and outdoes all of these other bands trying to do something wild with extra synths and instrumentation. This is a must buy!!… Expand
  2. jocunelson
    8
    Twee vocals, chiming guitars, great lyrics, good pervasive melodic sense-no false steps and hard to believe it is a debut album. Harken back to the tamer, pop-endowed but yet somehow skewed heyday of the mid-eighties independent music but done better and you may have a sense of the band. Buy it.… Expand

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