<img src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/hotels.jpg" align="left" height="114" width="170" />Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of sophomore album <em>Where Hearts Go Broke</em> by Seattle-based sci-fi pop band <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/artists/hotels/">Hotels</a>.

From the opening salvo of single ‘Hydra’ to glorious finale ‘Flight Of The Navigator’, <em>Where Hearts Go Broke</em> takes the listener on a thrilling musical journey through airports, streets, bars and, yes, hotels, populated with people falling in and out of love, lost in the gutter but always looking to the stars. This is the most relentlessly paced, hauntingly melodic, damn catchy pop music you’ve never heard, each song an end credit for the weary traveller or the romantic dancer; a tune you should listen to just before you die.

<em>“The collision of new-wave and dream-pop dynamics will have the pleasure endorphins accelerating up your spine towards your brain in no time… smart, succinct, sassy and just that little bit special”</em> <strong>– [sic]</strong>

<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>

<img src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/store_images/hearts.jpg" align="right" height="100" width="100" /><em>Where Hearts Go Broke</em> is now available on CD through <a href="http://www.n5md.com/mailorder/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&amp;products_id=602" target="_blank">n5Mailorder</a>, the distribution arm of n5MD, and digitally from the <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=35&amp;products_id=100">HSR Store</a> and all good digital music stores such as iTunes, eMusic and Amazon. Check the <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/">HSR Store</a> for all availability and distribution information. Read the full press release <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Hotels-Where_Hearts_Go_Broke.pdf">here</a>.

Seattle folk can also catch Hotels playing the 4th annual Dancing on the Valentines benefit gig on the day of the release. Check the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/hotels" target="_blank">Hotels Myspace</a> for details.

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