Friday 29 April 2022

The Hope Conspiracy

The Hope Conspiracy are a four-piece hardcore band from Boston, Massachusetts that began in 1999. They were briefly on hiatus around 2003-2005 before coming back in full-force with the landmark album Death Knows Your Name. They had put two full-lengths prior, through all of which they solidified themselves as one of the most essential hardcore bands on the more melodic side of things. Their anthemic call-to-arms and impassioned delivery has made them staples of their era, with an impact that's still felt today. If any evidence is needed, they managed to work with Equal Vision, Bridge 9, and Deathwish all in the span of a few years, which are all near-equal contenders for the four horsemen of hardcore labels in the 2000's. Admittedly, one of my biggest setbacks in posting is trying to come up with a way to accurately describe a band or explore its extensive history, and more often than not I end up drawing a blank. In a case like this though, I think its best to just post it as is, the bands music speaks for itself, and if you somehow haven't heard of this band already, you're in for a hell of a ride. Enjoy.

1. Escapist
2. Divinity Sickness
3. Regret Kills

1. Fragile
2. Bled Across The Wire
3. Truth And Purpose
4. Carved Out
5. Hope Bound Heart
6. Youth And Its Burden
7. Divinity Sickness
8. Consumed
9. You've Been Warned
10. Liars' Parade

1. No Love Goes Unpunished
2. Treason
3. It Meant Nothing
4. Divinity Sickness
5. Regret Kills
6. Escapist

1. Departed
2. Defiant Hearts
3. Holocaust
4. Fallen
5. Violent And Gray
6. Just A Life
7. Distant
8. Three Year Suicide
9. Deadman
10. Vendetta
11. Fading Signal
12. For Love

1. The Hope Conspiracy - Failure
2. The Suicide File - Ashcroft
3. The Suicide File - I Hate Rock N Roll

7. Nervous Breakdown (Black Flag cover)

1. Hang Your Head
2. Deadtown Nothing
3. Eurohell

1. They Know Not
2. Deadtown Nothing
3. A Darkness In The Light
4. Animal Farm
5. Curse Of The Oil Snakes
6. Hang Your Cross
7. Suicide Design
8. Leech Bloody Leech
9. So Many Pigs So Few Bullets
10. Sadistic Sacred Whore
11. Stolen Days

1. They Know Not
2. Hang Your Cross
3. Break-In (Fugazi cover)
4. Suicide Design

1. In The Shadow Of God
2. Greed Taught / War Driver / Born To Die
3. The Dismal Tide

1. They Know Not (Remastered)
2. Deadtown Nothing (Remastered)
3. A Darkness In The Light (Remastered)
4. Animal Farm (Remastered)
5. Curse Of The Oil Snakes (Remastered)
6. Hang Your Cross (Remastered)
7. Suicide Design (Remastered)
8. Leech Bloody Leech (Remastered)
9. So Many Pigs So Few Bullets (Remastered)
10. Sadistic Sacred Whore (Remastered)
11. Stolen Days (Remastered)
12. Eurohell (Remastered)

1. Confusion/Chaos/Misery
2. A Struggle For Power
3. Nail In The Coffin
4. Dogfight

4 comments:

  1. Thank you! The Bane/Grade link doesn't seem to work. The download works but it won't unzip.

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    1. oops commented on the wrong post. Meant to post for Grade. Sorry.

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    2. Just tried it myself and it seems to work. Give it another try and if it doesn’t work, email me at sophiesfloorboard@gmail.com and I’ll send them to you directly!

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  2. You don't happen to have Kevin Baker's one-off band BARS - Introducing [2004] album, do you? I've never seen it posted anywhere. Thanks for the tunes and Happy New Year.

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