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<h1>Hotels</h1>
<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Antonymes_1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3534" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hotels_at_Bumbershoot_-_Jason_Tang1-300x199.jpg" alt="Hotels" width="300" height="199" /></a>"<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>

Travel. Romance. Solitude. Rest…

Welcome to where hearts go broke. Walk the halls late at night; behind each door is a story. From one room, the flickering of a Bond movie marathon with the sound turned off, replaced by alternating scores from Angelo Badalamenti and Elliot Goldenthal. In another, newlyweds drift off to Cocteau Twins and Stereolab. From yet another, the sound of Air floats out on a mist of perfume, while an unexpected heat blast of M83 rushes out after it. The doors close and echoes of post-punk basslines, Swedish pop melodies, and cavernous surf guitar reverberate through the hallways. These are the sounds of Hotels. End credits for films never made. Songs for dancers with tears and smoke in their eyes. The soundtrack to star-crossed love. Enjoy your stay.
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<h3>Discography</h3>
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<h4>We Don't Look Back For Very Long (with Slow Dancing Society)</h4>
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<em>We Don’t Look Back For Very Long </em>sees Antonymes reworking a track from each of fellow Hidden Shoal artist Slow Dancing Society’s four albums, casting radiant new light on the stunning originals. Across almost 30 minutes, Antonymes marries SDS’s glistening atmospheres to his own trademark ambient neo-classical minimalism, creating a completely mesmerising hybrid.
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<h4>Lost In Waves of Light</h4>
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Created from elements lifted off Antonyme’s critically acclaimed album <span style="font-style: italic;">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span>, ‘Lost In Waves Of Light’ is a deftly crafted sonic and melodic patchwork. The track sits as a wonderful companion piece to the album, as recognised melodies unfurl, cloaked in new guises. As a work unto itself it once again places Antonymes at the height of his game, producing some of the most emotionally and sonically engaging work being released today. Antonymes new album <span style="font-style: italic;">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> has been met with universal acclaim since its release in April. It is an album of resonant beauty, as expansive as the wilds of North Wales from which it came, yet as delicate and intimate as a loved one’s breath upon your skin. Each song deploys a modest array of instruments and textures, giving them ample space to breathe and glow.
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<h4>The Licence To Interpret Dreams</h4>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">The Licence To Interpret Dreams</span> is the Hidden Shoal debut release by neo-classical/minimal ambient artist Antonymes. It is an album of resonant beauty, as expansive as the wilds of North Wales from which it came, yet as delicate and intimate as a loved one’s breath upon your skin. Each song deploys a modest array of instruments and textures, giving them ample space to breathe and glow. The album’s scope is immediately apparent on breathtaking opener ‘The Slow Beginnings of a ‘A Fragile Acceptance’, where faint piano notes are overwhelmed by an aching surge of cellos, and the timeless, lingering chord progression of ‘The Siren, Hopelessly Lost’. Single ‘Endlessly’ weaves traces of nature with unearthly, oscillating tones before giving way to a strident piano theme. On ‘Doubt’, Jan Van Den Broek delivers the words of Paul Morley, cradled against a bed of melancholic piano, violin and cello, leaving an indelible emotional mark. ‘A Light From The Heavens’ almost feels like a natural conclusion to the album, with its sense of reflective yearning, but it is followed by the devastating metaphysical breakdown of ‘On Arrival at the Strange Museum’, a cavernous piece that calls out like some giant magnetic spirit.[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Bio"]
<h3>Biography</h3>
Hotels was founded in New York in 2003 by Blake Madden (bass, vocals). Blake moved to Seattle in 2006, creating two different divisions of the band on opposite coasts. The core band in Seattle comprises Blake, Brendan Malec (guitar), Kyle Frankiewich (synths), and Max Wood (drums). Additional members Rich Bennett (guitar) and Rich Spitzer (synths, vocals) play shows on the east coast.

The band recorded their debut album <em>Thank You For Choosing...</em> in New York, which was self-released in 2005, with the song 'Atlantic' featured on a cover CD of Jane magazine. In NY, they went on to play venues such as The Knitting Factory, The Delancey, Lit Lounge, Pianos, Sin-e, and Galapagos. After Blake's move to Seattle, they made their live Seattle debut at the Crocodile Cafe in June 2007, going on to play The Rendezvous, The High Dive, The Sunset, Chop Suey, Comet, Showbox Sodo, and Nectar. Hotels receives avid support from Seattle radio station KEXP.

Hotels' second album, <em>Where Hearts Go Broke</em>, was recorded in Seattle at Chromasound and Bear Creek, and is released on Hidden Shoal on Valentine's Day 2009.

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<h2>Reviews</h2>
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<h3>Press Releases</h3>
<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Hotels-On_The_Casino_Floor.pdf">Hotels <em>On The Casino Floor </em>Album Release</a>

<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Hotels-The_Bat_Watusi.pdf">Hotels' ‘The Bat Watusi’ Single</a>

<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Hotels-The_Heart_That_Hears_Like_A_Bat.pdf">Hotels' ‘The Heart That Hears Like A Bat’ Single and Remixes Release</a>

<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Hotels-Where_Hearts_Go_Broke.pdf">Hotels’ <em>Where Hearts Go Broke</em> Album Release</a>

<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Hotels_Hydra_Single.pdf">Hotels’ ‘Hydra’ Single Release</a>

<a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Hotels_Signing.pdf">Hotels Sign to Hidden Shoal Recordings</a>

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<h3>Licensing</h3>
Antonymes music is  available for licensing (master &amp; sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title="Contact Us" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away. [/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_4"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label="Sidebar" orientation="left" area="sidebar-1" background_layout="light" module_id="shoalsidebar" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]