My Hotel Year, from Florida, had a contract and a distribution deal through Universal but the CD got pulled out. Now the band has gotten a fresh start and are more up beat. They also performed at Furnacefest this year. Caught up with the whole band for this interview while they are currently on tour.

While touring what has been your worst actual hotel stay like?
M. H.Y: We shared a hotel room with a band from New York. That band decided to trash the place while we were all sleeping. That group was called The Imports. It actually was pretty funny at that time.

Where you able to get back at them at all?
M.H.Y: Nope they broke up before we had a chance to do so.

The Album is called Curse. Let’s get rid of this Curse by telling something good about the new album…?
M.H.Y: It’s produced really well. It is also catchy. I feel it is really up to date.

What is your favorite song on the album and why?
Ryan: I’m Ryan I play guitar and sing. My favorite song is track # 1 The Strongest Man Alive. Why, because it has a great hook and a really strong message. I’m happy with it. I think it came out great.

You have a song called If Seventeen Seconds Could. If you had this many second to go back to where would go and why?
Ryan: My 8th Birthday. Why, because my mom made a Cookie Monster cake. And it tasted really good.

You have a song on your CD called Heaven: What do you think God had in mind for you to truly do?
James: I play the bass in the band. And definitely God intended for me to play the bass. And this is what I love to do.

So then James is this your Heaven?
James: Well it’s close. My complete Heaven would be that I could support my family. I have a wife at home and we are having a kid soon. So being able to support them will be tuff. To be able to bring them on the road and to show my future daughter that this is what I do. So that maybe this might mean something to her and for her in the future. Every second of my life is music. Even if I was not here it would still be something musical I was doing.

So Patrick you play the drums in My Hotel Year. What is your favorite song on The Curse and why?
Patrick: Actually my favorite song is one that hasn’t been recorded yet. It’s called Best Part.

What was your experience with Universal Records like?
Patrick: I really came in at the tail end of that deal. I just experienced the bad part of it. Actually Universal was really good to us. It was the sub label that we were on that wasn’t doing ok with Universal. Universal distribution did really great with us. We are hoping to go back to them after this record.

Travis you play you play the guitar and do vocals too. What if you could be doing something else everyday what would that be?
Travis: This. There is no rather.

Can your band play acoustic?
Travis: Yes we can. And we have done that. We have only do that once or twice and it went each time rather well.

Do you write your songs on acoustic or electric guitars?
Travis: We write them out with electric guitars. But we are not afraid to go out and play the songs acoustic. We are not afraid also to add a mandolin or an accordion either. Because we are tuff to do something like as brave as that with our songs. We will even do acapella style too.

What have been your bands musical influences been?
Travis: Anywhere from Jazz to Metal. Sounding now a days all mixed we are like Material Issue from Chicago. I miss that band. Everyone should miss that band. They were a great band. You can see what we are like by visiting our web site at WWW.MYHOTELYEAR.COM

My Hotel Year are finishing the current tour for The Curse Ep and are looking to get another recording deal soon. If you want this D you can get it also from Eleven Eleven Records or www.elevenelevenrecords.com

SierraTradingPost