Album: Hospitality [Digipak]

Song Title

Time

Eighth Avenue

Friends of Friends

Betty Wang

Julie

Right Profession, The

Sleepover

Birthday, The

Argonauts

Liberal Arts

10)

All Day Today

Album: Hospitality [Digipak]

Song Title

Time

Eighth Avenue

Friends of Friends

Betty Wang

Julie

Right Profession, The

Sleepover

Birthday, The

Argonauts

Liberal Arts

10)

All Day Today

Performer Notes

Personnel: Amber Papini (vocals, guitar); Nathan Michel (guitar, keyboards, drums, background vocals); Dave Zaretsky, Adam Schatz, Carl Robinson (saxophone); Brian Betancourt (percussion, background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Shane Stoneback.
Recording information: Red Hook, Brooklyn; Treefort Studios, Brooklyn.
Photographer: Kyle Dean Reinford.
Arranger: Hospitality.
Whimsical indie pop purveyors Hospitality make their self-titled, full-length debut with a collection of songs exploring youth, their home base of New York, reflections of the past, and the future. Produced by Shane Stoneback (Vampire Weekend, Sleigh Bells) and Hospitality multi-instrumentalist Nathan Michel, the album revisits some past material from the band's self-released 2008 EP alongside new compositions featuring singer/guitarist/pianist Amber Papini's intimate, esoteric songcraft.

Professional Reviews

Magnet (p.55) - "'Betty Wang,' and ode to a co-worker sounds like an updated girl-group classic....HOSPITALITY is the perfect debut for a growing act with a youthful heart."

Pitchfork (Website) - "In these songs, quietly groovy drumbeats turn fully danceable in the flick of an instant, shimmering Afropoppy guitar rains down like confetti, whole brass sections seem to barge in and sneak away and climb back in through some window."

Uncut (magazine) (p.89) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The high-IQ of early Talking Heads powers 'Friends Of Friends', while the elliptical character sketch 'Betty Wang' recalls Fountains Of Wayne."