Hope Of The States have spoken to BBC 6Music exclusively (read their website for the original story) about their forthcoming second album.
Singer Sam Herlihy has told the digital music station that the follow up to 2004's The Lost Riots is like "Joy Division goes disco". Scared, us?
The new album has been given a title, Left, and will be in shops in May, preceded by a single, 'Blood Meridian' in a few weeks. Herlihy added:
"(The new album) doesn't really sound anything like the first record. There's a lot more songs as opposed to big, sort of, noise things. We just got a bit bored doing that, really... So it's a bit more concise than the first record. It's a bit more guitary."
"it's a bit more guitary"
...and a bit less singy?
Please?
The big noise things were the best things on the first one. Boo.
hooray!
I'm actually quite excited by this.
boo indeed
i am slightly apprehensive of this too. The big noise thingies were great. Oh well.
Hmm...
I love the "big, sort of, noise things". Oh well, HOTS are a great band and I'm really looking forward to hearing this new stuff.
Question though, doesn't Joy Division goes disco = New Order?
or like
Editors or someone?
this is not a disease
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that's nice
and your mum?
My mum doesn't have VD
You failed at transferring it :-(
i thought it was
"you don't need this disease".
not that i'm especially fond of editors or anything. i might be wrong.
is that that one
with the funny looking acrobat?
pass
in other news, woo, new hope of the states. lets hope for more instrumental passages.
The first song
was the only good song on the first record. Maybe that's a bot harsh, but was by far the best.
oy Division goes disco = New Order?
damn you. You totally stole my line.
Oy Division?
for god's sakes people, please get us an 'edit comment' option so we don't all look like asses with our typos.
Long overdue
Why aren't this lot bloomin' massive?
I love them
Seriously, lost riots is top five album material. super record
because their vocalist
is appalling.
i would have
to turn them off if they were on TV/radio because of his voice
Personally
I don't think his voice is that bad. It's not good or anything but it's got a certain charm to it. especially when he goes all snarly.
vocals on the new album
are much better. still characteristic, but warmer and more developed. and don't worry, there's still plenty of noisy instrumental parts, they've just got some kind of more structered songs in there too. it's ace.