Biography

New York born and raised songwriters in love with the power of storytelling. Hotel is the musical collaboration between AJ Estrada, Brandon Peterson and Jonathon Streker. With a history spent sharing the stage together throughout countless venues and DIY dungeons up the East Coast, they now reside in their respective states of New York, Tennessee and Massachusetts, working digitally to create new records. Established in 2008 with the release of Old Dominion, the band has released four full length records, toured extensively, and are previous MTVu award winners. Everything from their music, videos, artwork and band merchandise has been self-produced out of a pure love of ‘making things’. “Melody is King” has been the groups guiding mantra, and north star. Although you’ll be sure to find elements of dynamic riffage, lush soundscapes and unique instrumentation sprinkled throughout, Hotel’s musical priorities remain in service to the song. At the end of the day, Hotel have crafted a treasure trove of catchy melodies to uncover, bounce around in your head, and hopefully make you lean in to see what’s happening just beneath the surface. For all booking, media inquiries or just saying hello, feel free to reach out to us at hotelofthelaughingtree@gmail.com. Messages are nice, we love messages!