Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel

Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel
Studio album by Sleeping in the Aviary
Released October 14, 2008[1]
Genre Pop/Rock
Length 45:40
Label Science of Sound
Sleeping in the Aviary chronology
Oh, This Old Thing?
(2007)		 Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel
(2008)		 Great Vacation!
(2010)

Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel is the second album by Minnesota-based band Sleeping in the Aviary. Originally released on October 14, 2008, it was re-released on vinyl on July 26, 2012.[2] The band's frontman, Elliott Kozel, wrote some of the album's songs in a hospital in Colorado waiting to find out if his mom would die (she didn't).[2] He has since said that he didn't like Expensive Vomit very much and that he thought there were "four good songs" on it,[2] and the album's style was "a conscious response to Panic! at the Disco’s last album", saying, "They weren’t keeping it real so we thought we’d try to add some flavor."[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
Punknews.org[5]
No Ripcord(6/10)[6]
Robert Christgau(A-)[7]
Magnet(mixed)[8]
Three Imaginary Girls[9]
The Badger Herald[10]
Prick(favorable)[11]

The album received mainly positive reviews; for example, the A.V. Club wrote that it "opens up the band’s tender side amid its lo-fi scars and unruly freak-outs,"[12] and Katjusa Cisar described it as "a blistering and catchy mix of punk, folk and rock".[13] It was also ranked as the second best Madison album of 2008 by Rich Albertoni in Isthmus[14] and one of the 10 best "albums you didn't hear" of 2008 by Magnet.[15] Well-known music critic Robert Christgau awarded the album an A- and later ranked it #43 on his Dean's List for 2008.[16]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Write On"   3:05
2. "Calm Me Down"   3:32
3. "Gas Mask Blues"   5:05
4. "Maybe You're the Same"   3:54
5. "Things Look Good"   2:56
6. "I'm Old"   2:46
7. "Everybody's Different, Everybody Dies"   2:42
8. "You're a Party"   4:11
9. "Ladybug Death Song"   4:01
10. "Girl in the Ground"   4:13
11. "Windshield"   9:15

Personnel

  1. Elliott Kozel--vocals, guitar, songwriting
  2. Phil Mahlstadt--bass guitar
  3. Kyle Sobchak--guitar
  4. Celeste Huele--accordion, musical saw
  5. Michael Sienkowski--drums

References

  1. ↑ "Expensive Vomit In A Cheap Hotel - Sleeping in the Aviary". Sleeping in the Aviary. 14 October 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 Green, Loren (25 July 2012). "Sleeping in the Aviary interview 1: On Maroon 5 and Googly Guy". Citypages. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Albert, Jason (25 November 2008). "Interview: Pale Young Gentlemen and Sleeping In The Aviary". AV Club. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Greg Prato. "Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel - Sleeping in the Aviary - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ "Sleeping in the Aviary". punknews.org.
  6. ↑ "Sleeping in the Aviary: Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel - Music Review - No Ripcord". No Ripcord.
  7. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: Sleeping in the Aviary". robertchristgau.com.
  8. ↑ Cost, Jud (14 October 2008). "Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel Review". Magnet. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Sleeping in the Aviary — Expensive Vomit In A Cheap Hotel". Three Imaginary Girls. November 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  10. ↑ Reed, Alexandra (16 October 2008). "Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel". The Badger-Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  11. ↑ Dettman, Sean (November 2008). "Sleeping in the Aviary Review". Prick. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "Sleeping In The Aviary". AV Club. 25 August 2009. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  13. ↑ Cisar, Katjusa (21 November 2008). "Q & A with Sleeping in the Aviary: Back in Madison after a wild ride". 77 Square. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  14. ↑ Albertoni, Rich (19 December 2008). "Winning spins: My top ten Madison albums of 2008". Isthmus. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  15. ↑ "Best of 2008: Hidden Treasures". Magnet. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  16. ↑ "Robert Christgau: 2008: Dean's List". robertchristgau.com.
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