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If you haven’t heard The
Hope Conspiracy yet, you don’t know what you are missing.
They are a hardcore and punk outfit with a little bit of a metal edge
and they bring a refreshed approach to hardcore/punk with “Endnote.”
These guys do it well; this sound is what I think of when I think
of hardcore/punk. “Endnote” uses an aggressive style to
showcase their talent and they don’t leave out the catchy riffs
that hardcore is famous for; you can get into any of these songs.
Influences include Black Flag, The Smiths, Deadguy and Carcass, which
can explain their sound a little, but they take it in a more earsplitting
direction. The Hope Conspiracy had a number of songs that I think
are respectable. The last track on this album, “For Love”
is probably my favorite track. I like the overall feeling to the song;
it possibly has the most feeling of any two songs combined on “Endnote.”
There are a couple of fine riffs as well. Other tracks that grabbed
me by the balls include “Defiant Hearts,” Violent and
Gray,” “Distant” and “Three Year Suicide.”
Track seven, “Distant,” is a nice instrumental of metal/hardcore
that open into the next track “Three Year Suicide” which
is pretty good as well. Twelve songs ravage this CD for over twenty-five
minutes. I’m a metal head, and this disc almost got me to do
some hardcore dancing, it definitely made me want to mosh my legs
off. Rating: 86 |
