| Hope of the States | |
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| Origin | Chichester, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock, indie rock, post-rock, new prog |
| Years active | 2000–2006 |
| Website | www.hopeofthestates.co.uk |
| Past members | |
| Sam Herlihy Michael Hibbert Simon Jones Michael Siddell Jimmi Lawrence Keith Seymour Scott R Walker Anthony Theaker Paul Wilson |
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Hope of the States were an English post rock-influenced indie band from Chichester.
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Members [link]
- Sam Herlihy - vocals, guitar, piano, music boxes, glockenspiels, mellotron, sampler, celeste, harmonium
- Michael Hibbert - guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
- Simon Jones - drums, percussion, glockenspiel, backing vocals
- Michael Siddell - violin, farfisa, glockenspiel, backing vocals
- Anthony Theaker - guitar, piano, hammond organ, farfisa, celeste, laptop, music box, moog synthesizer, glockenspiel, mellotron
- Paul Wilson - bass guitar, backing vocals
All instruments are as listed in the sleeve notes for the band's second album, Left.
Former members [link]
- Jimmi Lawrence - guitar
- Keith Seymour - bass guitar
- Scott R Walker - bass guitar
History [link]
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. Scott R. Walker left the band after the first initial releases and then went on to form KASMs. The band's guitarist James Lawrence committed suicide in January 2004,[1] shortly before the release of their first album, The Lost Riots, which reached the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart. The band's first single, "Black Dollar Bills", was packaged in a hessian sleeve, each hand-sewn by a band member. The band's most extensive UK tour started in October 2004, beginning with a date in Belfast's Mandela Hall.
Much of 2005 was spent recording the follow-up to The Lost Riots, and the band only made six live appearances. 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. The only studio recording released in 2005 was the track 'Shalom', included as Day 24 on the calendar.
In April 2006 the band released a new EP, Blood Meridian, accompanied by a low-key UK tour beginning in The Cockpit in Leeds. The EP was limited to 2000 copies, available on vinyl, and was also available for download. The single "Sing it Out" was released in June 2006, reaching #39 in the UK Singles Chart, and their second album Left followed on 19 June.
The band appeared at T in the Park on 8 July, and then the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August, where they played on the BBC Radio 1/NME stage. During their set on 27 August at Reading, it emerged it may be their last ever show as the band were splitting up.[2] 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 show.
Some members of the band have gone on to form The Northwestern.
Discography [link]
Albums [link]
- The Lost Riots (2004, CD/12"/Ltd CD)
- Left (2006, CD/10"/Dual Disc)
Demos, singles and EPs [link]
- Untitled 8-track demo (CDR) (not 9 tracks, as some sources suggest)
- Untitled 2-track demo (Black Dollar Bills/Three Days In The West) (CDR)
- Untitled "Fingerprints" demo (CD limited to 10 copies)
- Black Dollar Bills (March 3, 2003) (CD limited to 2000 copies)
- "AMM=IBM" (MP3 download)
- Enemies/Friends (September 29, 2003) (CD/7")
- The Red The White The Black The Blue (May 24, 2004) (CD/Ltd. CD/7")
- Nehemiah (August 16, 2004) (CD/7", both in heat reactive sleeves; partially focused on the life of Nehemiah 'Skip' James)
- Winter Riot Dust Rackets EP (August 19, 2004) (CD) [Japan/USA only; both have different tracklists]
- L'Ark Pour Les Enfants Terribles (December 2004) (Ltd. Tour CD)
- Blood Meridian EP (April 3, 2006) (10")
- Sing It Out (June 5, 2006) (CD/7"/7")
- Left (Single) (August 21, 2006) (CD/7"/7")
Singles [link]
| Year | Song | UK Singles Chart[3] | UK Download Chart | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | "Black Dollar Bills" | - | - | The Lost Riots |
| 2003 | "Enemies/Friends" | #25 | - | The Lost Riots |
| 2003 | "The Red the White the Black the Blue" | #15 | - | The Lost Riots |
| 2004 | "Nehemiah" | #30 | - | The Lost Riots |
| 2006 | "Blood Meridian" | - | - | Left |
| 2006 | "Sing It Out" | #39 | - | Left |
| 2006 | "Left" | #63 | - | Left |
See also [link]
References [link]
- ^ "Hope Of The States Guitarist Found Dead | News". Nme.Com. 2004-01-15. https://www.nme.com/news/hope-of-the-states/15917. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
- ^ Drowned in Sound - News - Hope Of The States split confirmed
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 259. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
External links [link]
- hopeofthestates.com - Official Website
- Hope of the States at MySpace
- Hope of the States discography at Discogs
- Hope of the States discography at MusicBrainz
- Audiojunkies Interview with Hope of the States
https://wn.com/Hope_of_the_States
The States
The States can refer to:
See also
The States (TV series)
The States is a 2007 American documentary television series about the history of each state in the United States of America, narrated by Edward Herrmann.
The show documents each of the 50 states in the union. The show begins with an introduction to the five states to be documented within the episode. Each state's segment begins with the narrator giving a clue as to what that state might be, and then revealing the answer. ( e.g. "There is a North Dakota and a South Dakota, a North Carolina and a South Carolina, but there's been one "West" anything! Welcome to West Virginia.") There is then a billboard that pops up showing the state nickname, motto, population, population ranking within the union, date the state entered the union, and state flag. During interviews with historians or notable people from a state, the state's quarter is shown. Since the series was produced in 2007, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Alaska, and Hawaii are shown with their flags. Those quarters were released in 2008
U.S. state
A state of the United States of America is one of the 50 constituent political entities that shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government. Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government, Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside.State citizenship and residency are flexible and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons covered by certain types of court orders (e.g., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody). States range in population from just under 600,000 (Wyoming) to over 38 million (California). Four—Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia—use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names.
States are divided into counties or county-equivalents, which may be assigned some local governmental authority but are not sovereign. County or county-equivalent structure varies widely by state. State governments are allocated power by the people (of each respective state) through their individual constitutions. All are grounded in republican principles, and each provides for a government, consisting of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.
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by Hope of the States
1776
by: Hope of the StatesI'm all washed up at twenty and it's all my fault
If love's an illness then I hope I get it
I got it wrong, I got it wrong, I got it wrong
I spend the rest of my life trying to make it right
Somewhere there's a fight
We are fighting for something we lost
Something that we find
Might save us or make things right
I hope I get the chance to finish what I started
I've always felt like it might be too far
I hope I'm wrong, I hope I'm wrong, I hope I'm wrong
I'm holding on, I'm holding out for something more
Somewhere there's a fight
We are fighting for something we lost
Something that we find
Might save us or make things right
Somewhere there's a fight