Hotel Lights

Hotel Lights
Hotel Lights
	Darren Jessee of Hotel Lights
Background information
Origin	North Carolina/Brooklyn, NY
Genres	Alternative rock; Indie
Years active	2004-Present
Labels	Bar/None Records
Members	Darren Jessee; Alan Weatherhead; Jay Brown; Zeke Hutchins
Website	[1]

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 before breaking up in 2000.^[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] It included the song Sky High, a song Jessee wrote that was also recorded by Ben Folds Five for their 2012 album Sound Of The Life Of The Mind.