Hope Of The States complete new EP: “The best songs we ever have done”
nme.comHope Of The States have confirmed that they have completed work on a new EP, saying it contains “the best songs we ever have done”.The post-rock band achieved cult status in the early ’00s thanks to their two acclaimed studio albums – 2004’s ‘The Lost Riots’ and 2006’s ‘Left’ – but broke up shortly after releasing their second record.The band later explained that they felt “cursed” by bad luck throughout their career, having lost their guitarist Jimmi Lawrence to suicide in 2004 and received poor album sales.However, Hope Of The States announced their return this summer.
They confirmed their first tour in 18 years alongside a remastered vinyl reissue of their debut album, and shared news of brand new music being recorded with producer Jolyon Thomas (U2, Soft Play, Daughter).
Jolyon is the son of the late Ken Thomas (Sigur Rós, Wire, M83), with whom the band made their first two records.Now, in a post on social media today (October 21), the group have revealed that “there’s a new thing” in the works.“The heaviest magic week and now this, heavy vinyl,” they captioned an image of a vinyl test pressing. “The best week of recording we ever did have, and the best songs we ever have done.
If they weren’t we wouldn’t have done them.”Hope Of The States continued: “Meanwhile, now it’s into endless detail, it’s into the amps catching fire, the piano laying flat for the first time in a decade, finding acoustic guitars behind the fireplace.“Shout out to BB for fielding endless emails and being exactly the dude JT [Jolyon Thomas] said he was.
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