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| In an era where pop music has been processed and packaged to oblivion and rock has regressed to the point that it's pretty much lost its way, Hope Of the States are signposting a way forward.Their debut album doesn't follow rock's conventions.Hope Of the States are a band with something to say.Sam, Ant and Jimmi were mates who had known each other for years.Jimmi's tragic death in January of 2004.Hope Of the States adopted military uniforms to signify band unity as and comment, ever ambiguously, on man's inhumanity to man.Their music was about more than the usual rock 'n' roll subjects of sex, drugs, rebellion, making pots of money and hanging out beside swimming pools."We're not political as such."It's an ambiguous, timelessly disturbed feeling: "not something you can illustrate with pie charts."This collective restless spirit has been accompanied by a breathtaking attention to detail, which further sets them apart in the times of homogenised, identikit pop."We wanted it to be more than just a few guys playing the same tunes every night," expounds Sam.We wanted to make people come away thinking, "What the hell was that"."London shows at the ICA (in July) and ULU (October).Friends in October showed just how far the band had come in amassing a huge and loyal fanbase when, despite minimal radio presence, it reached Number 25 in the UK charts.Sam, "we instantly sounded like ourselves.Ken creates an environment where anything goes.He pulls you back when you need it and pushes you when you need to be pushed."If we'd have recorded in London we'd have been distracted by everything."When their time in Ireland ran out, the band relocated to Peter Gabriel's Real World."As outside situations came in, it opened up the record a lot and a lot of ideas came out of that period.Hope Of the States far, far beyond guitar rock.Which makes it unfortunate that, for some, their time at Real World will always be synonymous with what happened to Jimmi, who took his own life there on January 15th 2004.Hope Of the States are anxious that Jimmi Lawrence should not be posthumously canonised as another of rock's "prophets of doom."Equally, Sam Herlihy doesn't want people reading anything into lyrics that were written before Jimmi died.Thus, while the album's spectrally beautiful centrepiece Don't Go To Pieces is perhaps now laden with added poignancy ("Are you angry when you look at the world?The album contains 12 songs that are by turns tense, intense, angry, beautiful, rollercoasting and serene but somehow emerges from the darkness with a smile.The Lost Riots sees daylight in the US in October 2004.May, concluding with a show at London's Scala on May 26th.Macintosh users should contact AOL directly for help.Join the Hope of the States U.Tunes (Must Be Installed)
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in U.VOTE FOR HOPE OF THE STATES!Hope of the States are part of Launch's "Dig It Or Dis It" feature this week!Help out the band and tell Launch you 'Dig It'!CLICK HERE TO ORDER IT NOW!Hope of the States have called in to talk about the band's experiences in the U.Don't miss Hope of the States when they're featured on MTV Advance Warning!ON THE RADIO
Hope Of The States performed live on KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic with Nic Harcourt at 11am (PT) Friday July 30.TOUR DATES
Hope of the States are coming back to America this fall!NOTES FROM THE BAND
Hope of the States used to keep a diary section on their official site, but most recently they've been posting on the band's official message board!Since their 2000 inception, Hope of the States had been
touted as one of England's most promising new bands.US release of their debut, The Lost Riots, on Epic
Records this fall.The Lost Riots rollercoasters through all of these
attributes with refreshing sincerity.It's a ride that
ends all too quickly, inducing tears of sadness and
elation all the same.Expansive, cinematic and full of majesty, it's breathtaking.Hope Of The States are changing what a band can do and be.Coldplay recently said they were going to go away and reinvent the wheel.HOPE OF THE STATES U.Demos, Singles and EPs
3.All instruments are as listed in the sleeve notes for the band's second album Left.History
The band formed in 2000, naming themselves after a 1930s paper on the state of mental healthcare in the United States.They were discovered after sending a demo to the Planet Sound teletext page, and were signed to Sony BMG.The Lost Riots, which reached the top 40 in the UK album chart.The band performed some songs to be included on their second album at an acoustic performance in London.The band worked with fansite "The Halfway Home" to produce an advent calendar for Christmas 2005.UK singles chart, and their second album Left followed on June 19.This was suggested further later in the day by friends Broken Social Scene, who dedicated their festival set to the band.On 30 August, Sam Herlihy made a statement on the band's forum confirming the split and that Reading was their last ever show.Herlihy has performed as a soloist and has released an online Demo under the name Blocks.Anthony Theaker has created several remixes using the name CERN.The band have handed out five separate CDs of demos to fans, with the instructions to hand them out to four further fans and not to distribute them digitally.Hope of the States, showcasing the band's more experimental side.Dear friends,
After many days, weeks, months of strife and feverish building on a RECORD!BRISTOL LOUISIANA
On all advertisements for the above shows thee hopeofthestates are billed as "The Dust Rackets", as support to our dear, dear friends the brave and sweet perfection of Komakino.Thee hopeofthestates shall be headlining on each night however.It was at these gigs that Singin' It All Wrong (the first of the Dust Rackets CDRs) was "released".Arkestar
Four track CDR handed out on Hope of the States's May?Thirds
One track CDR handed out on Hope of the States's October 2004 tour.Fourth Quarter
One track initially distributed via yousendit.Table, Td body, div, p, strong, td, .The ideologies of this band are far underestimated.Later With Jools Holland in 2004, though in the last month Ive really found identity in what they delivered to us.To motivate someone like me afraid and low in confidence to do the same is a blessing of its own."Suppose you see a crime in the streets, and feel that you can't stand by silently, so you pick up an assault rifle and kill everyone involved: criminal, victim, bystanders.You will say, 'wow, how wonderful it is to be a bluebell!IWWpour plus de music (experimental, rock, hip hop, blues)www.Chistmas is nearly here.Left the best HOTS song?Sam's voice cos it's kinda like mine!Today in Fopp, Glasgow, I saw they had loadsa copies of "Left" on CD for a quid!It would mean so much to me and all the other thousands of fans you have worldwide.Europe and US release date is expected for the end of August, info on mail order available at smekkleysa.If you have something to advise or some considerations we would be really proud.Come on guys, please get back together.Sony treated you guys like shit, but you could sign to an indie label and be able to flourish without having to deal with the major label bullshit.HOTS is still one of the greats.Hey, Havent commented you in awhile, whats new?Anyways you need to CHECK THIS OUT before its too latez, I got minez and am about to go spend it.You were in a small tent and got 30mins!!We have a similar style of music and play with heart like yourselves!If not see you guys out there soon.All the best
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Have a great day.Thought you were yanks though..My god you're from Chichester..Hi Hope Of The States Official!Hi guys, thank you for adding us."Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.Do you wish to continue your form submission?"Id + " Link: " + targetLink.Id + " Text: " + targetLink.You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on
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632,103 plays scrobbled on Last.Hope Of The States were an indie rock band from Chichester in England.Later, Nehemiah was released as another single.EP, Blood Meridian, was released in April 2006.The band released their final single 'Left' on August 18th, before breaking up later that week.They played their last gig on the 27th at the reading and Leeds Festival.The band have not yet formally announced whether they have any plans for the future.Been listening to a lot of HotS again lately.I'd forgotten just how good Me Ves Y Sufres is.The music industry is like that; people care for pop stars with women dancing around and not some lovely people from Chichester singing the greatest songs of all time.It is a fucking disgrace that the most played HotS song this week has only 143 plays.They deserved so much more.Aye it was one of their best and I believe it was because all lost heart in 'indie rawk 'n' roll' as Sam calls it and wanted to do something different aka 'Troubles'.They were great and will always be remember as so by the few people who actually cared about them.Hope of the States fan forever; no matter how long.From now until the end of time.Hope of the States gone but never forgotten!They will go down as possibly one of the most underrated bands in the history of UK music.If you'd like to add some events for Hope of the States then you can do so on this page.Web Site Support
Last.Anthony Theaker (guitar), and James Lawrence (guitar) grew up in the market town of Chichester in West Sussex, England, in the late '80s and early '90s.To keep themselves entertained, the three of them obsessed over the latest Brit pop phenomena.To keep themselves entertained, the three of them obsessed over the latest Brit pop phenomena.He and Herlihy landed a development deal with Parlophone during this time; however, only sheer luck worked in their favor.Hope of the States in 2000.They took their name from Albert Deutsch's The Shame of the States, the controversial book published in 1948 that ridiculed the U.From there, out came the military uniforms to symbolize their strict bond as a band and as friends, while also a criticism of a man's lack of compassion for his fellow man.Friends," hit number 25 on the U.Sadly the biggest shock came in January 2004 when Lawrence committed suicide.Such tragedy encouraged the band to persevere.The magnetic storm that was The Lost Riots was issued in October.After standout festival performance at Carling Reading, and Leeds in summer 2006, Hope of the States ended months of speculation by announcing their split in late August.Create a configuration object and add the keywords to the conf."Are you sure you want to block this user?Band MembersSam Herlihy (vocals, guitar, piano), Anthony Theaker (guitar, piano, organ), Mike Siddell (violin), Paul Wilson (bass), Simon Jones (drums)Sounds LikeA reinvention of the wheel.Body Table, Td table table table table table table table .Small:visited a, a:link, a:visited, a.This page is ran by a fan to help promote about this wonderful band, and is at the moment unofficial, it will hopefully become official soon.In an era where pop music has been processed and
packaged to oblivion and rock has regressed to the point that it's
pretty much lost its way, Hope Of the States
are signposting a way forward.Their debut album doesn't follow rock's
conventions.It is
unashamedly, triumphantly epic and could well have people struggling to
find comparisons in everything from obscure noise bands to film
soundtrack composers.Hope Of the States are a band with something to say.Sam, Ant and
Jimmi were mates who had known each other for years.Taking their name from an Albert Deutsch psychiatric paper lambasting
the state of the U.Hope Of the States
adopted military uniforms to signify band unity as and comment, ever
ambiguously, on man's inhumanity to man.We're not
political as such.This collective
restless spirit has been accompanied by a breathtaking attention to
detail, which further sets them apart in the times of homogenised,
identikit pop.Around this time people also began to note that this strangely angry
but beautiful music was being made by one of the finest live bands in
the country.London shows at the ICA (in July) and ULU
(October).From here, the band knuckled down for the recording of what was to become The Lost Riots.Ken creates an environment where anything goes.If we'd have recorded in London we'd have
been distracted by everything.As outside situations came in, it opened up the record a lot and a lot
of ideas came out of that period.Hope Of the States
far, far beyond guitar rock.Singing these songs has always been a really positive thing to do.People will read things into stuff and they're wrong, 'cos it was all
completed.Sam had with his
father.The tense, insistent The Red, The White, The Black, The Blue could be about a world moving on from nationalism."Are you sure you want to delete this comment?"Can't wait for new stuff.Paul's bass and Mic's guitar
awesome!!!!!!Thanks for the add guys...Hey Thanks for adding me.NEED' to tour again, its been long enough since the last time, i need another fix :)
and some new choooons!Nice one guys, was expecting hope of the states as a request on a tuesday morning.Heeeeuge Hope of the states fan!!HOPE OF THE STATES ARE MY STALKERS!Loving your music, thanks for adding me!HOPE OF THE STATES RULE!Holy shit, "Beautiful" is fucking brilliant!You guys kick ass, and your music is awesome!First saw Hope of the states at V festival ages ago, amazing live and glad to see them b4 it really all kicked off!I've had your cd for a couple months now, I love it.Holy crap it's so awesome that you guys added ME!You're one of my favorite bands.Ahhh come to Denver so I can see you guys live and chat with ya!"Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.This could be an attempt to steal your username and password.Do you wish to continue your form submission?"To share this media with a friend, you must have AIM installed.Want More Hope of the States?Background color has been set to '+this.Add a link to your "Hope of the States" fan site on VH1.Anthony Theaker (guitar), and James Lawrence (guitar) grew up in the market
town of Chichester in West Sussex, England, in the late '80s and early '90s.Get FREE UPDATES for Hope of the States!Did you know you can post a link to your fan site?Add a link to your Hope of the States fan site on VH1.Keep tabs on Hope of the States!Best Week Ever Radio (Pop Culture)
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