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...