Violent Hotel

Dubbed Hotel Last Resort, it’s set for a July 26th due date through [PIAS]. It represents Violent Femmes’ tenth (overall and first since We Can Do Anything from 2016. The forthcoming collection spans a total of 13 songs, most of which feature additional instrumentation from Violent Femmes’ longtime backing band Horn of Dilemma. There are also two covers included — “I’m Not Gonna Cry”, originally by Greek rock super stars Pyx Lax, and a rendition of Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America”.

Stanislaus Kaicel (1886–1910), alias Stanley Ketchel, est considéré comme l’un des meilleurs boxeurs poids moyens de l’histoire. D’origine polonaise, il fuit un père alcoolique et violent, vagabonde à travers l’Amérique misérable et trouve une place de videur de saloon dans le Montana. Un monde de mineurs violents, de capitalistes impitoyables et de prostituées au grand coeur, qui va lui donner sa chance. …