Three minutes and nineteen seconds of unabashed optimism armored in seething defiance. British upstarts Hope of the States never bought into the personal / political distinction that makes most American bands trying to "say something" totally insufferable. HOTS leader Sam Herlihy just lays it out: "I believe in something more than this and I'm not afraid to say it."

Its also a really good excuse to listen to Simon Jones beat his drumset like an unruly child.

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