Hotel Lux – announce new album ‘The Bitter Cup’, out October 31st + Share new single

Hotel Luxtoday announce their second album ‘The Bitter Cup‘, which will be released October 31st. News of the album comes alongside the outlining of an extensive UK winter tour (full dates below) and new single, Costermonger. The band’s 2023 debut album Hands Across The Creek won an abundance of press support, from the likes of: Dork, The Guardian, Mojo, Uncut, DIY L&Q, Clash, So Young, NME. BBC 6Music playlists were also achieved. Recent single Another One Gone marked the start of new chapter for the band, after talking time to rediscover their identities, both as musicians and as a bunch of mates heading into their late twenties. New single Costermonger is the latest statement from a band never shy on social commentary and criticism.  

On the new single, Hotel Lux say: “Costermonger is a musical translation of a BBC documentary detailing the rise and the fall of Deptford Market, High Street and the surrounding housing. The title itself refers to a Cockney word for a market trader. Sadly, the subject matter of the lyrics are as relevant now as they would’ve been back in ‘67 when Lewisham council first started pulling down the council housing.

1. Encore
2. The Bitter Cup
3. Nod (To the Retrospect)
4. Hand of Mine
5. Joy
6. Song for John Healy
7. Evelyn
8. Costermonger
9. The Fear
10. Another One Gone

On ‘The Bitter Cup’, Hotel Lux took it upon themselves to self-produce. “Something that felt completely natural, but also entirely necessary” Guitarist Sam Coburn explains. Recorded at Big Jelly Studios, the band had enough confidence to lead on carving their own sound for this new record. “If you can’t trust yourselves, who can you?” guitarist Max Oliver adds.