<img src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/galleries/Hotels/lazy-k-thumbs/Hotels_Live.jpg" align="right" height="100" width="149" />Hotels' sophomore album <em>Where Hearts Go Broke</em> sees its long-awaited release this Saturday, Valentine's Day. That night, the band plays Dancing On The Valentine IV, a Factory Records tribute night to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The show is at Chop Suey in Seattle, $10 entry, doors 8pm.

Fantastic Seattle station KEXP is currently spinning tracks from the album on 90.3 FM and streaming via their <a href="http://www.kexp.org" target="_blank">website</a>. With the amount of airplay these guys are getting on KEXP you'll be hard-pressed to miss them if you tune in. You can request tracks using the KEXP <a href="http://www.kexp.org/about/email.asp?email=dj" target="_blank">DJ request form</a>.

Following the release this weekend, the Hotels CD release party is on Friday 20th February at the <a href="http://www.sunsettavern.com/" target="_blank">Sunset Tavern</a>, Seattle. Tickets are available now from <a href="http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&amp;eventId=934984" target="_blank">Ticketweb</a>. And finally, don't forget that until the release of <em>Where Hearts Go Broke</em> on Saturday, you can download barnstorming single '<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=97">Hydra</a>' for free from the HSR Store.

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