Excerpt: "On The Casino Floor is the   newest album from the Seattle-based band Hotels, this release is a   seven-song concept album that tells the story of a secret agent and his   attempts to save the world from an evil galactic prince. Overall the   album has a more refined sound than “Where Hearts Go Broke” their   previous release, gone are the Devo tinged songs, and moody Joy Division   tunes replaced here with moody dark atmospheric textures.... “The   Bat Watusi” is a close to a dance song you’ll get here, it boasts a   great mix of screeching guitar, driving bass and dreamy synth.  This   band has no problems blending surf and astral sounds together and they   do it with ease lyrically telling the agent how to “meet contact over   blackjack, then lay low with Halo, from here on out your solo”. This is   followed up with a short instrumental “Smith Lands On The Casino  Planet”  which transitions into “Trouble At The Consulate” a song that  sounds as  though it is from a soundtrack to an imaginary Phillip K.  Dick movie as  they prepare to carry out their mission. The final cut  “Sleep In Fame”  closes the album and story line beautifully with the  two former friends,  now enemies in a face to face showdown “Hello again  my friend, it seems  the hour’s getting late here”. This record shows  that the concept album  is alive and works, the release showcases the  growth of the band in  both their sound as well as their  songwriting/storytelling abilities."

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