ARTiST: Hope Of The States
TiTLE: Left
LABEL: SonyBMG
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 52:00 min
SiZE: 83,9 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Jun-16-2006
RELEASE DATE: Jun-19-2006
WEBSiTE: n/a
Track List:
01. Seconds 01:52
02. Blood Meridian 04:04
03. Sing It Out 03:15
04. Bonfires 04:24
05. The Good Fight 04:20
06. Left 05:27
07. Industry 02:25
08. This Is A Question 03:36
09. Little Silver Birds 04:26
10. Four 03:10
11. January 04:48
12. Forwardirektion 03:20
13. The Church Choir 06:53
Release Notes:
Slap! That's the sound of 'Left' telling Hope Of The
States to get the fuck up and get their act
together. It's not that 'The Lost Riots' wasn't ace,
it was, but this is something all together
different.
HOTS have always been a good band; able to take the
big scary world of the Post Rock Appreciation
Society and slim it down to more palatable
mainstream tastes. The thing is, when you have such
a penchant for string sections and the overblown,
unless your name is Matt Bellamy you're most likely
going to end up in the box marked 'cult', especially
if you're a bit to prone to going on a fair bit.
The spikier, more succinct Hope Of The States
heralded by 'Left' may have something to say about
that mind. 'Sing It Out' mixes being interesting
with a decent slice of pop to devistating effect,
proving that this time round you're going to
remember the songs, rather than just appreciate
them.
'Little Silver Birds' shows the bands ability to use
the swell of an orchestra, while the pollitical
'Four' suggests they also know when to drop it. Now
they know when enough is enough, we could be talking
about greatness rather than just potential, and
that's rather exciting.