HOTEL LUX – “HANDS ACROSS THE CREEK” (Released 27th January 2023)

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//The State 51 Conspiracy//

£24.99 – 1xLP, Very Limited Edition Blue Coloured Vinyl (300 Copies Only)

Once contenders for the mantle of Britain’s most self-conscious band — guilty, by their own admission, of pandering to audiences’ tastes following their move from Pompey to London — Hotel Lux have crafted a bold and bright identity that is truly their own on their brilliant debut album Hands Across The Creek. All it took was for their wildest dreams to be dashed.

“We always cared too much about how we were going to be perceived,” bass player Cam Sims recalls of those early days, as Hotel Lux became entwined in South London music scene folklore. It seems silly, now: the band’s early, clattering pub-rock singles received widespread acclaim from the offset – their acute social commentary and raw passion greater assets, perhaps, than they gave themselves credit for. But a sense of vulnerability endured.

Tracklisting:

01. Old Timer
02. Common Sense
03. National Team
04. Eastbound and Down
05. Strut
06. Morning After Mourning
07. An Ideal For Living
08. Points Of View
09. Easy Being Lazy
10. Solidarity Song