2008 studio album by The Matches
A Band in Hope |
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Studio album by The Matches |
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Released | March 18, 2008 |
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Genre | |
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Length | 44:13 |
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Label | Epitaph |
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Producer | - Nick Hexum
- Mike Green
- Miles Hurwitz
- John Feldman
- John Paulsen
- Paul Ruxton
- Tim Armstrong
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The Matches chronology |
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Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AbsolutePunk | 91% link |
AbsolutePunk | 89% link |
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A Band in Hope (formerly The Mad Silentist) is the third studio album by The Matches and was released in Australia and Europe on March 15, 2008, and in the US on March 18, 2008. Audio production was handled by Tim Armstrong, Mike Green, John Feldmann, Nick Hexum, Miles Hurwitz, John Paulsen and Paul Ruxton.[3]
Like their previous album Decomposer, A Band in Hope features multiple producers, though fewer this time around. According to frontman Shawn Harris' blog, the album was created in a period of despair due to the record sales of Decomposer. Instead of following up with the sister album titled The Mad Silentist, the band scrapped many of the old songs (only four remain in the final cut) and re-wrote the album. The new album, as Harris states, sways between hope and despair, and the hope one gets when they feel disillusioned and abandoned.[4]
On March 11, 2008, the Matches released the entire album on their MySpace page, and were featured on the MySpace front page. The next day the video for the first single "Wake the Sun" was released exclusively on Yahoo! Music. The video for "Yankee in a Chip Shop" was supposed to debut on MySpace Music on August 29, 2008. However, due to issues with the London Metropolitan Police that singer/guitarist Shawn Harris detailed in a blog post, including police that Harris were "rent-a-cops" who took the band members' names and had CCTV tapes of the band "running down the middle of the huge roundabout at Piccadilly Circus that was the video's finale", the video was removed shortly after its posting. (The issue was later resolved and the video released.)[5]
Track listing
No. | Title | Producer | Length |
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1. | "AM Tilts" | Nick Hexum | 3:47 |
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2. | "Their City" | Mike Green | 4:12 |
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3. | "Wake the Sun" | Miles Hurwitz | 3:38 |
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4. | "Darkness Rising" | Mike Green | 3:06 |
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5. | "To Build a Mountain" | Mike Green | 3:15 |
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6. | "We Are One" | Mike Green | 3:02 |
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7. | "Point Me Toward the Morning" | John Feldmann | 2:52 |
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8. | "From 24C" | John Paulsen | 4:25 |
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9. | "Clouds Crash" | Paul Ruxton | 2:12 |
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10. | "Between Halloweens" | Mike Green | 3:57 |
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11. | "If I Were You" | Mike Green | 2:44 |
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12. | "Future Tense" | Mike Green | 3:09 |
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13. | "Yankee in a Chip Shop" | Tim Armstrong | 2:16 |
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14. | "Proctor Rd." | Miles Hurwitz | 1:11 |
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Australia/Japan bonus trackNo. | Title | Length |
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15. | "Here's to Love" | 3:00 |
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UK / European bonus tracksNo. | Title | Producer | Length |
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15. | "Yankee in a Chip Shop" (P.O.S. Remix) | Tim Armstrong / remix Stefon Leron Alexander (P.O.S.) | 2:15 |
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16. | "My Doe, Part One" (featuring Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro) | John Paulsen | 3:32 |
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Charts
Chart performance for A Band in Hope Chart (2008) | Peak position |
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] | 99 |
US Billboard 200[7] | 179 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[8] | 24 |
References
- ^ Mason, Stewart. "A Band in Hope – The Matches | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ Gorman, Bobby (3 March 2013). "The Matches – A Band In Hope". ThePunkSite. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ A Band in Hope (CD liner notes). The Matches. Los Angeles: Epitaph Records. 2008. 86938-2.
- ^ Harris, Shawn (September 28, 2007). "The Matches Update". Allschools.de. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "The Matches post new video and rant". Kill Your Stereo. September 1, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "ARIA Report: Week Commencing 24 March 2008" (PDF). The ARIA Report (943). Australian Recording Industry Association. Australian Web Archive. March 24, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-19. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
- ^ "The Matches Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
- ^ "The Matches Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
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