Hotel Lights - Girl Graffiti

Hotel Lights - Former Ben Folds Five drummer/songwriter Darren Jessee (he co-wrote "Brick") and band return with their third album of imaginative, melodic (sm)art/pop with a sporadically rocky, loose and playful edge..the follow up to 2008's praised Firecracker People // Release: Girl Graffiti (Bar None, August 16) // Sounds like: self-described "kinda Stones-y" Girl has a dreamscape feel while delivering shimmering, arena-sized guitar chords -- folk songs writ large but with Jessee's understated vocal style...the mostly live tracking on the recording (produced with engineer/collaborator Alan Weatherhead) gives the songs a vibrant sound // Quote: I think Hotel Lights is interesting because it's kind of an indie band but there's also this, sort of, seventies singer/songwriter element to it." - Darren Jessee // What we like: Lead track "Falling Down" features the most subtle power chords you're likely to hear, a head-nodding, uber-melodic gem that practically glows from within..."Dave Sharkey To the Dance Floor" tosses 70's Brit-pop and So-Cal folk/rock into a blender...Jessee one-ups Folds in the witty sing-a-long genre with the snarkily delicious "To All My Asshole Friends"...

Hotel Lights - "Falling Down" (from Girl Graffiti)

Hotel Lights - Girl Graffiti Advance Sampler