Excerpt: "Most times a band of any kind is made up of people who all basically  want to play a certain kind of music. So many genres, they normally have  similar influences and similar sounds which all form together to make a  punk band, or an electro-pop band, or even a marching band for that  matter. In the case of Hotels’ newest release, On the Casino Floor,  that age-old formula doesn’t seem to apply. Hotels founder Blake Madden  provides post-punk basslines and vocals that seem to have been  influenced by The Strokes. Add surfy and psychy guitarlines with a new  wave synth and what you’re left with is a very different kind of  listening experience. What’s even more intriguing than that? It actually  works. Pretty well, for that matter.... On the whole, the  songwriting of On the Casino Floor is clever and original. The electro influence present in On the Casino Floor is like gas is to the automobile. Alone, On the Casino Floor looks  nice and can be admired, but it’s the synth that really takes you  places. My only real gripe is how short the album was. Only seven tracks  (one of which is a minute long instrumental) left me wanting more. That  being said, Seattle-based Hotels is proof that not all roads lead to  Brooklyn."

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