Hope of The States

Hope of the States formed in Chichester in 2000, bringing strings, noise and post-rock ambition to an indie scene crowded with Strokes wannabes and Libertines impersonators. Their debut album, The Lost Riots, arrived in 2004 to a 9/10 review from NME amongst other fevered acclaim. After a second album, the lean and powerful Left, the band split in 2006. That seemed to be that.In 2024, they got back together to mark 20 years of The Lost Riots and find out whether it still felt right to play together. Their first new music, the sprawling ‘Long Waits in A&E’, picked up the scale and emotion of the old records without sounding trapped by them. December’s reunion shows sold out within a day. Venue upgrades and additional shows followed.In 2025 came another successful run of shows and the singles ‘Footage/Steamtrain’ and ‘Billboard Mountain’. On stage, the band sounded bigger, more triumphant and louder than ever.What began as an anniversary reunion has turned into something none of them expected: another chapter, this one fulfilling the promise they showed when they first appeared way back in 2004.