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Hotel Lights

Hotel Lights
Darren Jessee of Hotel Lights
Darren Jessee of Hotel Lights
Background information
OriginNorth Carolina/Brooklyn, NY
GenresAlternative rock
Indie
Years active2004-Present
LabelsBar/None Records
Associated actsBen Folds Five
Website[1]
MembersDarren Jessee
Alan Weatherhead
Jay Brown
Zeke Hutchins

Hotel Lights is an American indie rock band led by singer-songwriter Darren Jessee, the drummer for Ben Folds Five.[1][2]

History

The band self-released the album Hotel Lights in 2004.[3] It featured Archers of Loaf drummer Mark Price and Sparklehorse touring guitarist Alan Weatherhead. It was officially released by Bar/None Records in March 2006.[4] In support of the first album, Hotel Lights toured with Bishop Allen, Tift Merritt, and Nada Surf.

Firecracker People released in August 2008,[5] was recorded at Butch Vig's Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, and features longtime collaborator and guitarist Alan Weatherhead with rhythm section Jay Brown and Zeke Hutchins. The fifth track, "Amelia Bright", was originally performed by Ben Folds Five on their final tour.[5]

In 2009 The band joined Ben Folds on tour in the northeast and supported shows for Mark Eitzel and Joel Plaskett in Brooklyn, NY.

The album, Girl Graffiti, was released August 16, 2011.

Get Your Hand In My Hand, Hotel Lights' fourth full-length album, was released on March 4, 2016.[6]

Discography

  • Hotel Lights (2004/2006)
  • Goodnightgoodmorning (2006)
  • Firecracker People (2008)
  • Girl Graffiti (2011)
  • Get Your Hand in My Hand (2016)

References

  1. ^ "Hotel Lights". Bar/None Records. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  2. ^ "Hotel Lights - Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  3. ^ "Hotel Lights - Hotel Lights (self-released)". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  4. ^ "Hotel Lights - Hotel Lights". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  5. ^ a b "„Whatever I want it to be": An interview with Darren Jessee of Hotel Lights – Coffee And TV". www.coffeeandtv.de. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  6. ^ "Hotel Lights: Get Your Hand in My Hand (Bar None)". Innocent Words. Retrieved 2016-04-12.

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