Listen Before You Buy

On their debut album, Hospitality trade in lo-fi folk numbers for energetic indie pop. The result is a guilt-free romp through smile-inducing songs that are catchier than their 2008 EP but just as intimate.

Hospitality! “Friends Of Friends”! New York!

For me, Hospitality is the musical equivalent to the one that almost got away. In my only instance of being late to a concert on record, I just caught the last two songs before their set ended and they disappeared into the dark mass of the bodies of Manhattan’s Mercury Lounge. But what I heard [...]