Home, Like Noplace Is There
by The Hotelier
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 61 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 61
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 61
  3. Negative: 2 out of 61
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  1. highkingnm
    Jan 12, 2015
    10
    Beyond brilliant in my opinion. A modern gem of emo and a must hear. Despite the odd good but not great track, the majority of the songs encompassed on this album are brilliant, beautiful instrumentation with soul-searching vocals and phenomenal delivery. Absolutely essential listening, just for Life in Drag and Dendron if nothing else.
  2. phrodos
    Aug 15, 2015
    10
    I find this one of the most brilliant albums of the last 10 years. It's one of two albums I've listened to the most in the last couple of years (the other being Caravels' "Lacuna"), and I can say with a hand on my heart that I'm still not fed up. It still rings bells in my heart.

    The emotional depth combined with the energetic delivery and hookiness is frankly unmatched. I see them    I find this one of the most brilliant albums of the last 10 years. It's one of two albums I've listened to the most in the last couple of years (the other being Caravels' "Lacuna"), and I can say with a hand on my heart that I'm still not fed up. It still rings bells in my heart.

    The emotional depth combined with the energetic delivery and hookiness is frankly unmatched. I see them compared to, and do it myself, the old school of emo bands, but I think The Hotelier have surpassed those bands in terms of songwriting and performance with this album. I remember listening to the album and hearing the closing track "Dendron" for the first time during a late night walk in my neighborhood. I thought "this is kind of commercial song, but still not, and I really like it". Now, after tens and tens of listens to it later, the depth and hooks of it still gives me goosebumps. And I still can see that dark road before meg, glowing with hope and love for life. That is what this album gives me.    … Expand
  3. musicislifep
    May 21, 2014
    9
    In this album the Hotelier from Massachusetts, built a politicized not only drive but a very successful production of delicate tones.

    To make things more simply, the "Home, Like Noplace Is There" is an excellent indie rock, the boundaries of punk, and the album "Your Deep Rest" ... great song!
  4. thewindowseat
    May 18, 2015
    9
    It almost ruined my adulthood, caught me off guard. I fell apart like a teenager fighting off all the ghosts I could get my hands on.

    "You were right to doubt
    Broken since foundations in the structures you were building came undone"

    Any song can easily become your own personal high point of the album. For me, it was it's entirety.
  5. Scooter4849
    Apr 23, 2014
    6
    The Hotelier's latest effort stays true to the emo archetype, and delivers some good production. But unfortunately, overall, this is a pretty bland, underwhelming and mediocre album of the genre. Some tracks do stand out here though, like Housebroken, An Introduction to the Album, and Your Deep Rest.

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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. cokemachineglow
    Sep 3, 2014
    80
    It’s melodramatic, yes, but the layers to the narrator of Home, Like Noplace Is There are vast. This guy cycles through a series of emotions, each feeling valid, each feeling like an appropriate result of confusion in the wake of a huge loss.
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  2. Boston Globe
    Apr 16, 2014
    90
    The highs wouldn’t feel so high without the lows here, which is a regular trope of the genre; but as with all tropes, execution trumps invention, and the Hotelier executes exceptionally.
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  3. Punknews.org (Staff)
    Apr 16, 2014
    90
    This album is arguably their strongest music to date and they manage to shoot the most cathartic of bullets at you.
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