Hotel Fiction was formed in 2019 when UGA students Jade Long and Jessica Thompson began writing and performing music together. Since then, the band has become a genre-fluid five-piece, pulling from indie, pop, folk and rock influences. The group’s success has landed it opportunities such as a feature on flipturn’s single, “Halfway (Acoustic),” and touring spots opening for bands like The Brook & the Buff, Adam Melchor, WILLIS and Sunroom. The band’s newest release, Staring at the Sun, delves into themes like the life cycle, love transcending time, self-reflection, acceptance, change and heartbreak. Vincent Harris of Charleston City Paper writes of Long and Thompson’s performance on the record, “The two voices mesh and weave around one another like DNA strands. [And] there’s an innocent sparkle in those harmonies, even when the two are singing about darker subjects.” Hotel Fiction’s homecoming show in Athens marks the end of a nationwide tour for this album. Fellow UGA-born band The Ocho will open the show.
WHO: Hotel Fiction
WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show)
WHERE: Georgia Theatre
HOW MUCH: $20
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