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00s Songs of the day – Hope of the States – Enemies/Friends

Posted on
9 Nov 2015
by
Ricky

hope of the states

Now that we are firmly in the mid 00s, it’s definitely time to start reflecting on the 00s. Rather then make grand sweeping statements that truly capture what the 00s feel like (a favorite thing of mine to do), I will instead write about random tracks I like.

Hope of the States was a band that came and left quickly. A heady band who put their politicized ideas into complexed, layered sprawling rock sounds, the group steadily built up a following. Their debut album, The Lost Riots was released to critical acclaim but it came at a great cost – their lead guitarist James Lawrence committed suicide just as the album was being released. As you would imagine, the band was unable to recover from this tragic event and the band eventually broke up a few years later.

Yet, their debut record is still there – and this is one of my favorite tracks off of it. Check it out.

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