Home, Like Noplace Is There
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{{Infobox album
| name = Home, Like Noplace Is There
| type = studio
| artist = The Hotelier
| cover = File:The_hotelier_home.jpg
| alt =
| released = February 25, 2014
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
- Indie rock
- punk rock
- emo
- pop-punk{{cite web|last= Pitchfork Staff |title= The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s |website= Pitchfork |date= October 8, 2019|url= https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-2010s/|quote= But the album balances its strife with jumpy pop-punk hooks, and never grows numb to suffering or loses its drive to uplift.|accessdate= May 4, 2023}}
| length = 36:15
| label = Tiny Engines
| producer =
| prev_title = It Never Goes Out
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Goodness
| next_year = 2016
}}
Home, Like Noplace Is There is the second studio album by American rock band The Hotelier. Released in 2014, the album received widespread critical acclaim and became recognized as one of the best emo revival albums of all time.
Release
The band released their second album in 2014 titled Home, Like Noplace Is There, which brought the band to attention in the emo revival scene.{{cite web|last=Blest|first=Paul|title=The Hotelier Want to Cut Through the Bro Culture Crap|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-hotelier-interview/|work=Vice|access-date=25 December 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225073635/http://noisey.vice.com/blog/the-hotelier-interview|archive-date=25 December 2014}} After releasing the album, vocalist Christian Holden stated in a blog post on the band's Tumblr that "Our new album deals with some real dark stuff. So to all my brooding and slightly damaged friends, have your happy album or Rugrats in Paris nearby. It's partly about my experience with friends and loved ones in the past three years which were very complicated, toxic, and abusive. But laid within is a lot about the deconstruction of self for personal growth and transformation. I hope it helps you live and stuff. Apparently we are emo now."{{cite web|last=Ryan|first=Kyle|title=The Hotelier's "Housebroken" empathizes with the bitches being kept in line|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/hoteliers-housebroken-empathizes-bitches-being-kep-202806|work=The A.V. Club|accessdate=6 February 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206093832/http://www.avclub.com/article/hoteliers-housebroken-empathizes-bitches-being-kep-202806|archivedate=6 February 2015}}
In June, the group supported Modern Baseball on their headlining US tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/entry/modern_baseball_tiny_moving_parts_the_hotelier_announce_summer_tour|title=Modern Baseball, Tiny Moving Parts, the Hotelier announce summer tour|work=Alternative Press|author=Crane, Matt|date=April 21, 2014|accessdate=December 20, 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220124943/https://www.altpress.com/news/entry/modern_baseball_tiny_moving_parts_the_hotelier_announce_summer_tour|archivedate=December 20, 2017}} In July and August, the group went on a co-headlining US tour with Foxing. Prawn and Little Big League appeared on select dates.{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/entry/foxing_the_hotelier_announce_summer_co_headlining_tour|title=Foxing, the Hotelier announce summer co-headlining tour|work=Alternative Press|author=Crane, Matt|date=June 10, 2014|accessdate=December 26, 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115143745/https://www.altpress.com/news/entry/foxing_the_hotelier_announce_summer_co_headlining_tour|archivedate=November 15, 2017}} In October and November, the group supported The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die on their US tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/entry/the_world_is_a_beautiful_place..._announce_fall_tour_with_the_hotelier|title=The World Is A Beautiful Place… announce fall tour with the Hotelier|work=Alternative Press|author=Sharp, Tyler|date=August 20, 2014|accessdate=December 26, 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328030921/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/the_world_is_a_beautiful_place..._announce_fall_tour_with_the_hotelier|archivedate=March 28, 2016}} In August and September, the group supported The Get Up Kids on their headlining US tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/entry/the_get_up_kids_announce_20_year_anniversary_tour_with_the_hotelier|title=The Get Up Kids announce 20-year anniversary tour with the Hotelier|work=Alternative Press|author=Sharp, Tyler|date=June 9, 2015|accessdate=December 26, 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407225451/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/the_get_up_kids_announce_20_year_anniversary_tour_with_the_hotelier|archivedate=April 7, 2017}} Following this, the group embarked on their own headlining US tour in October and November. They were supported by Runaway Brother, Oso Oso and The Spirit of the Beehive.{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/entry/the_hotelier_announce_fall_headlining_tour_dates_with_runaway_brother_more|title=The Hotelier announce fall headlining tour dates with Runaway Brother, more|work=Alternative Press|author=Leak, Brian|date=August 5, 2015|accessdate=December 26, 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808080034/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/the_hotelier_announce_fall_headlining_tour_dates_with_runaway_brother_more|archivedate=August 8, 2015}}
Reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 91/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/home-like-noplace-is-there/the-hotelier|title=Reviews for Home, Like Noplace Is There by The Hotelier|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=June 25, 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606224531/http://www.metacritic.com/music/home-like-noplace-is-there/the-hotelier|archivedate=June 6, 2017}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Fred|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/home-like-noplace-is-there-mw0002616212|title=The Hotelier – Home, Like Noplace Is There Album Reviews, Songs & More|work=AllMusic|date=March 3, 2014|accessdate=January 8, 2023}}
| rev2 = Alternative Press
| rev2score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Slessor|first=Dan|url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/the_hotelier_home_like_noplace_is_there|title=The Hotelier – Home, Like Noplace Is There|work=Alternative Press|date=February 10, 2014|accessdate=December 25, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115082228/http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/the_hotelier_home_like_noplace_is_there|archivedate=January 15, 2015}}
| rev3 = Now
| rev3score = 4/5{{cite web|last=Kloke|first=Joshua|url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/the-hotelier/|title=The Hotelier|work=Now|date=February 20, 2014|accessdate=September 17, 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917081152/https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/the-hotelier/|archivedate=September 17, 2017}}
| rev4 = Pitchfork
| rev4score = 8.2/10{{cite web|last=Cohen|first=Ian|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18963-the-hotelier-home-like-noplace-is-there/|title=The Hotelier: Home, Like NoPlace Is There|website=Pitchfork|date=February 28, 2014|accessdate=June 25, 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627221446/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18963-the-hotelier-home-like-noplace-is-there/|archivedate=June 27, 2017}}
| rev5 = Punknews.org
| rev6 = Rock Sound
| rev6score = 9/10{{cite web|last=Ritchie|first=Andy|url=https://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/read/the-hotelier-home-like-noplace-is-there|title=The Hotelier – Home, Like Noplace Is There|work=Rock Sound|date=April 4, 2014|accessdate=September 17, 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917083701/https://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/read/the-hotelier-home-like-noplace-is-there|archivedate=September 17, 2017}}
| rev7 = Sputnikmusic
}}
Home, Like Noplace Is There received universal critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 91, indicating "universal acclaim".
In the review for AllMusic, Fred Thomas described the album as, "a beautiful blur of raw feelings and stark observations, supported by well-thought-out hooks and musicianship". Adam Thomas of Sputnikmusic stated that "Home, Like NoPlace Is There begs to be adapted to its listener's own fears and struggles, regardless of if it's grief, isolation, identity or even something a bit more abstract. It's a helping hand when you need it most – and that's the strongest compliment I could ever possibly give a record." Ian Cohen of Pitchfork declared that "This might be the sound of The Hotelier tearing the building down, but they're working towards something monumental."
= Year-end lists =
Home, Like Noplace Is There ranked at number two on Sputnikmusic{{'}}s Staff's Top 50 of 2014 list.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/blog/2014/12/17/staffs-top-50-albums-of-2014-10-1/|title=Sputnikmusic - Staff's Top 50 Albums of 2014: 10 – 1 « Staff Blog|website=www.sputnikmusic.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-16}} It was listed at number one on the AbsolutePunk staff's top 30 albums of 2014,{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=132552003|title=AP.net Staff List|work=AbsolutePunk.net|accessdate=15 May 2015}} and number six on the users' top 50 albums of 2000-2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3728453|title=AP.net Users Rank Their Top 50 Albums (2000-2015)|work=AbsolutePunk.net|accessdate=23 September 2015}} According to Marc Snitzer, writer for the Philadelphia City Paper, The Hotelier was named one of two bands "leading the emo revival".{{cite web|last=Snitzer|first=Mark|title=Two bands leading the new emo revival|url=http://citypaper.net/Music/Two-bands-leading-the-new-emo-revival/|work=Philadelphia City Newspaper|accessdate=6 February 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930185936/http://citypaper.net/Music/Two-bands-leading-the-new-emo-revival/|archivedate=30 September 2015}} The band was ranked number seven on Alternative Press{{'}}s list of the "12 Biggest Moments of The #EmoRevival in 2014" for releasing their sophomore album.{{cite web|last=Bogosian|first=Dan|title=12 Biggest Moments of The #EmoRevival in 2014|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/12_biggest_moments_of_the_emorevival_in_2014|work=Alternative Press|accessdate=6 February 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221094116/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/12_biggest_moments_of_the_emorevival_in_2014|archivedate=21 February 2015}} Leor Galil, writer for the Chicago Reader named it his favorite record of 2014.{{cite web|last=Galil|first=Leor|title=I changed my mind: Year-end lists matter|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2014/12/23/i-changed-my-mind-year-end-lists-matter|work=Chicago Reader|accessdate=6 February 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206114924/http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2014/12/23/i-changed-my-mind-year-end-lists-matter|archivedate=6 February 2015}} The band was also featured (for their second album) in a Boston Globe article highlighting the best music from Boston in 2014.{{cite web|last1=Caballero|first1=Martin|last2=Garelick|first2=Jon|last3=O'Neil|first3=Luke|last4=Reed|first4=James|last5=Rodman|first5=Sarah|last6=Smith|first6=Steve|title=Best of Boston Music 2014|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/12/18/best-boston-music/SU7i4O9ltMnFCHHdXvpHkM/story.html|work=The Boston Globe|accessdate=6 February 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206093554/http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/12/18/best-boston-music/SU7i4O9ltMnFCHHdXvpHkM/story.html|archivedate=6 February 2015}} The album was included at number 29 on Rock Sound{{'}}s "Top 50 Albums of the Year" list.Bird, ed. 2015, p. 25
In 2017, Spin ranked Home, Like Noplace Is There at number one on their list of the 30 Best Emo Revival Albums, Ranked.{{Cite news|url=https://www.spin.com/featured/best-emo-revival-albums-ranked/|title=30 Best Emo Revival Albums, Ranked|date=2017-06-14|work=Spin|access-date=2017-09-16|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917080159/https://www.spin.com/featured/best-emo-revival-albums-ranked/|archivedate=2017-09-17}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_music = The Hotelier
| total_length = 36:15
| title1 = An Introduction to the Album
| length1 = 4:32
| title2 = The Scope of All of This Rebuilding
| length2 = 2:26
| title3 = In Framing
| length3 = 2:59
| title4 = Your Deep Rest
| length4 = 3:47
| title5 = Among the Wildflowers
| length5 = 5:48
| title6 = Life in Drag
| length6 = 2:21
| title7 = Housebroken
| length7 = 4:50
| title8 = Discomfort Revisited
| length8 = 3:59
| title9 = Dendron
| length9 = 5:27
}}
Personnel
- Christian Holden – vocals, bass
- Chris Hoffman – guitar, vocals
- Ben Gauthier – guitar, vocals
- Sam Frederick – drums
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