<img src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Hotels_at_Bumbershoot_-_Jason_Tang.jpg" alt="Hotels at Bumbershoot - Photo by Jason Tang" width="231" height="154" align="left" />Seattle-based sci-fi pop band <a href="http://hotelsmusic.com/" target="_blank">Hotels</a> are back with a new single. '<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=162">The Bat Watusi</a>' is a pace-quickening taster of the delights in store on Hotels’ new album, <em>On The Casino Floor</em>. The noir-punk track is Hotels at their most lithe and propulsive, with an insistent rhythm section, sci-fi synths and unashamedly rocking guitars. The song repeatedly strips itself back to a muscular yet dreamy core, only to build into a tight celestial rock frenzy.

<em>On The Casino Floor</em> sees Hotels take their addictive and singular meld of post-punk, shoegaze rock and cinematic pop and launch it into outer space. The band has managed to leap headlong beyond the consummate songcraft of acclaimed sophomore album <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=100"><em>Where Hearts Go Broke</em></a> into the creation of a wildly inventive and immersive song-suite. The concept album’s seven masterful cuts tell the story of a secret agent, his former mentor and current arch-nemesis, and a nefarious prince’s plan to destroy Earth during the grand opening of the universe’s only outer space casino complex...

<em>“Hotels fuse elements of new wave, goth, and surf so seamlessly that genre tags will be the last thing on your mind when you hear their bittersweet, atmospheric pop songs”</em> – <strong>Time Out New York</strong>

<em>“With angular guitars, sober vocals, omnipresent synths, and a taste for the cinematic, Hotels come off like the ultimate ’80s soundtrack band, something akin to a cross between the dreamy haze of M83 and the angsty garage rock of The Strokes”</em> – <strong>PopMatters</strong>

‘The Bat Watusi’ is available for free download from the <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=35">Hidden Shoal Store</a> until the release of <em>On The Casino Floor</em> on 23 February 2011. The spectacular album launch takes place in Seattle on 26 February 2011, with top-secret details revealed closer to the release date. Read a full press release <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Hotels-The_Bat_Watusi.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> and check out more info at <a href="http://hotelsmusic.com/" target="_blank">Hotels' website</a>.

<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/Media/HSR_Radio/Hotels/on_the_casino_floor/04_The_Bat_Watusi.mp3">Hotels - The Bat Watusi</a> <em>Hotels - The Bat Watusi</em>