Hotel Of The Laughing Tree - Terror And Everything After

http://www.hotelofthelaughingtree.com

http://www.myspace.com/hotelofthelaughingtree

Origine du Groupe : North America

Style : Alternative Rock , Indie

Sortie : 2011

By Paul Bogdan from http://www.carillonregina.com



The debut release from Long Island sextet Hotel of the Laughing Tree, Terror and Everything After, can be summarized into two words: “nailed it”. The high-energy, electric pop-rock has an edgy
and upfront feel to it for the majority of the album. Despite boasting fourteen tracks, listener interest is easily maintained throughout the entirety of the record; it’s very dynamic,
encompassing a mixture of rocking electric guitar riffs, hypnotic vocal harmonies, and singing piano arpeggios. Songs feel more linear than cyclical, starting in one place and ending up in
another rather than repeating a verse/chorus/verse template. Nevertheless, Hotel of the Laughing Tree know how to write and place a hook that keeps the audience engaged in the music, as Terror
and Everything After is full of them. That’s probably the biggest strength of this fantastic debut album – the ability to mix a motivated song structure that’s anything but stagnant with catchy
hooks that draw the listener in.

Tracklist :

1. Barnaby Bison’s Blind

2. Another Harvard Renaissance

3. Gods Great Gumball Machine

4. Noah

5. Winchester Devil Grass

6. Weather Maps for Nikolai

7. Sanctuary

8. Gunpowder Falls

9. Bad Canterbury

10. Forging the Family Name

11. Mont St. Michel

12. Ghosts in the Basement

13. Terror and Everything After

14. Lazarus