Excerpt: "The singer emoted like a ’luded Ian Curtis, deep and tremulously dramatic, while the keyboardist worked four layers of keys and a laptop (the excellent drummer also had a laptop). To keep their Manchester tributes unexpected, Hotels cranked out a number that sounded like Durutti Column at 78 rpm. I’ll be checking into Hotels again."

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