Hope Of The States play melancholy pretty indie stuff with a few smatterings of post-rock. Sounds a bit like Six By Seven having a play-out competition with Elbow, or something. Anyway, point is, they're good. And they've got lots of gigs lined up over the next few months, which you might want to go to. Here are the details!
May
23rd - Stoke, Sugarmill (w/ Komakino)
24th - Sheffield, Leadmill (w/ The Sleepy Jackson + The Hidden Cameras)
25th - Manchester, Roundhouse
27th - Birmingham, Sanctuary
28th - Leicester, Sumo
29th - Hastings, Brass Monkey
31st - Cardiff, Barfly
June
1st - Southampton, Joiners
2nd - Colchester Soundhaus
3rd - London ICA
29th - Glastonbury Festival, New Bands Tent.
On tour with The Polyphonic Spree:
30th - Manchester, Academy
July
1st - Birmingham, Academy
2nd - Nottingham, Rock City
3rd - Cambridge, Corn Exchange
4th - London, Brixton Academy