Home, Like Noplace Is There

Not a bad listen.

For me personally this is about as bad at it gets. The grating over emotive voice. Reading about this band, they are considered "emo revival," which is something I don't think needed any reviving at any point.

Nothing new, but I like it. At the time they were mildly popular with both the emo crowd and the orgcore crowd. It held up pretty well.

I probably will not revisit it soon, but it was quite an enjoyable ride. While it sounds exactly as I expect for a 2014 album, it also has some freshness that makes it interesting for 2026

Favorite Track: Your Deep Rest

3.6 Wow. First time I can ever remember liking a emo/screamo album. I grew up at the perfect time for emo as well, becoming a teenager in the early 00's, but it never did it for me. Skipped straight from Papa Roach/Korn/Marilyn to Slipknot/Metallica/Slayer etc, couldn't get into the whining of emo. Maybe it's having a more open mind now, but I actually found this one quite interesting. The vocals on one of the middle tracks was slightly grating, but luckily it was a one off, the other tracks trod just on the right side of the line of bearableness. The actual music though and the emotion... Very good. Fair play.

Not a fan of screamo

Inget som sticker ut nämnvärt. Ibland önskar man att man kunde ge halva poäng. Då hade albumet fått 2,5. 2,5 avrundas uppåt, så det får bli en svag trea.

Nice indie music to start the day off to. Appreciate the submission. Not the most innovative piece of work on this list, but it’s a fun listen that retains it’s shine. 4/5

Not a fan of scream core but this album had some enjoyable gems. Interesting that there have been so many phases of emo; I’m not sure I could tell a difference between any of them.

Critically devastating to the point that it clearly understands the essence of the emo genre since Sunny Day Real Estate's Diary. Lyrically crushing, melodically beautiful, technically impressive, and concise in scope. Not a second is wasted as the Hotelier reveal the deepest personal wounds that could not be licked clean. Grappling with what was, and how it haunts the psyche with constant thoughts of what could have been. The weight of it all is felt, with every ounce of grief and healing in stride with every note and beat played. This is masterful music. CONTENDER FOR THE LIST: In the interest of expanding emo's presence on the list, I'd say this is a good pick. In representing the emo revival, I'd say this is the perfect pick.

Oh boy! Nothing like some emo to get the system's going. I'm having a tough time with this one, because instrumentally I'm here for it, but vocally I can't stand it. Which is really weird because emo and punk have some common elements and I get get down with most punk. But where punk is just generally awful and out of pitch, emo tends to add a bitchy inflection that I really struggle to get past. Actually really enjoy Housebroken. And some of the other songs are okay too. Not my favorite, but for what it is it is good. Going a low 3 here

Not a huge fan of emo, but this was pretty good all things considered. If this was a list of just emo albums, it could get a 4 or 5. Unfortunately for The Hoteliers there are other, good genres out there so this will just have to settle for a 3.

Nice little punky emo album that I don't really listen to too much of. Sounded like Weezer mixed together with some other bands. Nothing I can see myself going back to but in the moment it was really enjoyable.

This was fine. Nothing special just some emo that's fine. Fine.

This album rips.

This is appalling. Unlistenable. I've skipped ahead a few tracks a couple of times now, thinking "the whole thing can't be this bad, can it?" - and it genuinely is that bad. The music is relentlessly filling the whole acoustic spectrum, apart from the occasional quieter bit (housebroken) where his aggressively jagged voice really gets room to piss you off. My reaction to this has been visceral and unpleasant.

Emo shout-rock. Pretty good as an example

Great, another one of those..

I don’t like emo. I came into this list never really having heard it before and my opinion was pretty quickly solidified after a few albums. That being said, about halfway through this album I found myself kind of enjoying it. Then the b-side hit, and I was drowned in toneless screaming. You almost had me Hotelier.

This type of emo is like crack to me

Didn't get anything positive from this- the usual American rock band constantly rehashing the same generic sound.

I dug it, but there was WAY too much screaming. Once they got down to singing, I enjoyed the songs a lot more. Top tracks: "Your Deep Rest," "Life In Drag"

pretty nice actually

Shouty emo band rocks pretty hard. Seems like maybe they listened to too much hardcore at one point. And then a song or two sounds like he’s imitating the Mountain Goats. Not one’s thing, exactly, being insufficiently emo in temperament. But fine; they seem into it, anyway, and for the most part convincingly so ... though, for the benefit of both performer and audience, one might suggest modulating the emotional intensity a bit. You know, vary the tempo. Best song: “Housebroken.” Biggest strength: brevity. No need to adjust list proper though glad to know this act, so thanks recommender.

Some moody emo-ish stuff, some is a bit rough but there's a couple winners here.

I don't remember this at all! And I wasn't even drunk. Can't be that good.

Good. But rather repetitive. By the end of the record, I was thinking it was the same song over and over.

Like a slightly duller At The Drive-In, mixed with a hint of MCR, and some folk influence. Nothing particularly original, but an interesting album I would probably never have heard otherwise.

Yea, I enjoyed that a lot

Indie rock, punk rock, emo, pop-punk. Ni fu ni fa.

Punk: Emo. Exceso de gritos salvajes en alguna canción. No, lo siento. No me ha gustado.

Good record.

Pretty fine modern emo. Nothing all that exciting or groundbreaking, but sure.

A little bit One Hundred Reasons. I quite enjoyed.

Midwest Emo is practically famed for its shitty vocals, and I can usually tolerate the raspy, cracked screams that adorn tracks in this genre. Not so on this LP, where the vox felt so monotonically bad/whiny and spread out in the mix that it covered up whatever decent instrumentals there might have been on a given track. It's a shame given how the production lends this album a definite feeling of time and place, making it feel like a complete narrative of some shitty small town in the Midwest. Just wish that narrative wasn't delivered in such an annoying manner.

"Home, Like Noplace Is There" is an indie rock album by The Hotelier. I remember that at the time I was very impressed. Listening to it now, the vocals/voice sometimes gets on my nerves and not all songs are that good. I guess it's a solid 7.5/10 album.

What a great album! Punk adjacent at times, good rockers and emo just under the surface this is well worth the recommendation!

I didn't care for this kind of thing in my teen years, either

It was nice and pleasant. Doesnt' overstay its welcome and does something fun. My personal rating: 4/5 My rating relative to the list: 4/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.

Indie rock, punk rock, emo, pop-punk. Ni fu ni fa.

Not a big fan of this style of music. The vocals, the guitar, I just don't care for it. 2 stars.

Evidently, there was an "emo revival" that sounds a lot more like the emo (screamo) that I knew in my youth. Interesting. It didn't hit me at the time because I was already aged out of emo, but I appreciate this newer album that sounded more like emo from 20 years before it.

Not a bad listen for a band I’ve never heard before. Feel like if I was 10-15 years younger I would’ve loved this album. This is a solid rock album with plenty of hardcore emo sound. This to me isn’t like early 00s emo of suffering and depression but is just a more intense rock with personal lyrically style. I’d listen to this again and found it actually worth coming back to already. Will have to check out more. 7.2/10

4, pretty good

I could not get into this album at all, not for me.

Would have loved this as a teenager. But as a man in his late 30’s hearing it for the first time, just doesn’t do it for me.

This could use a bit more passion and variety

This didn't do a ton for me. It felt like relatively average alt rock and I couldn't get a lot of the lyrics through the the vocal delivery, but it generally seemed to be in the girl done me wrong vein.

I've never heard of The Hotelier before, and I'm not even sure I've listened to an album that's a part of the emo revival (is Brand New emo revival? Oh wow, this is part of fourth wave of emo, which was in the late aughts? When the hell was the first wave? Just when I thought I knew something about music, I get my mind blown). I have no idea if this album is going to be my jam, but this cover is pretty cool. I enjoyed listening to this album, and I wish I had gotten to listen to it more than once, but time is not on my side these days. The guitar playing, drumming, and vocals were all very good throughout this album, and I thought that it was really easy to listen to and take in. The lyrics were really good too, and while they had a very 2010's feeling to them, they feel really relevant in today's post-COVID world. There wasn't one particular song that stood out to me, but the opening track did a really good job of getting my attention right away. I'd definitely be down to listen to this again, and I'm glad someone added it to the user submissions list. Editor's note: I was originally going to give this album four stars, but after listening to it today, I've been thinking about it a ton, and I can't wait to listen to it again. I know that if I'd had the opportunity to listen to it twice, it'd be an immediate five stars, so it's a five-star album for me.

short and sweet, really loved the hell out of this - 10/10

Heavy music, musically and lyricly. A very good part of the emo revival era

Some group of friends recently finished 1001 and they are into emo / emo-revival and I'm here for it

Sometimes you need to scream your fucking head off

Home, Like Noplace Is There surprised me, I guess I expected something indie but I got something closer to emo-punk for the most part, and a sound that reminded me of some of The Menzingers/Real Friends in the pained vocals that sell the mood and themes excellently. It's maybe not as intense as those acts throughout, but when it gets there it gets there really well, Your Deep Rest was my favourite track but the whole thing worked well enough for a 4/5, a nice find.

Unsure about this one. There are great instrumental moments but I just don’t like the singer’s voice. Could be better for me with repeat listens

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Your deep rest, Dendron

Solid emo