Last month, The Hope Conspiracy revealed that they’d be releasing their first album in 18 years, Tools of Oppression / Rule by Deception, on May 31 via Deathwish, though no other details were made public at the time. Today, they’ve publicized those details and released a fired-up new single, “Those Who Gave Us Yesterday.” Here’s what vocalist Kevin Baker has to say about it:
America’s greatest export is death and destruction. The decisions and actions of our collective ancestors and past / present leaders have brought us to where we are today. The world is a college of corporations and ‘profit is everything amidst a crumbling vile decay.’ They don’t care about your borders. They don’t care about your flags. They don’t care about your rights. They don’t care about your beliefs. They don’t care about YOU. All of those things are just tools to control and manipulate us. The elites and establishment in charge have no vision for the future other than ultimate power and total control by dividing and subdividing the masses. Our tax dollars are laundered overseas through the war machine. This is the natural order of things today. THEY DON’T CARE… Period.
The new album also includes two songs from the band’s 2023 surprise EP Confusion/Chaos/Misery, the title track and “A Struggle For Power.” Check out “Those Who Gave Us Yesterday” and its Jake Mulhern-produced video below. Pre-order the new LP here.
The Hope Conspiracy also have three Northeast shows coming up with Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon’s band Umbra Vitae, followed by a headlining slot on day two of Chicago festival The Rumble. The run with Umbra Vitae hits Brooklyn on June 8 at The Meadows with additional support from This Is Hell and Staticlone. All dates are listed below.
Umbra Vitae also just confirmed their sophomore album, Light of Death, due June 7 via Deathwish. No music is out from that yet but you can watch a short teaser below.
Tracklist
Those Who Gave Us Yesterday
The Prophets and Doom
A Struggle for Power
Live in Fear
Shock by Shock
Of a Dying Nation
Confusion, Chaos, Misery
Broken Vessels
The West is Dead
The Specter Looms
The Hope Conspiracy — 2024 Tour Dates
June 7 Cambridge, MA @ Sonia*#
June 8 Brooklyn, NY @ The Meadows*$
June 9 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church*%
July 20 Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge – The Rumble^
* – w/ Umbra Vitae
# – w/ COA, New Lows
$ – w/ This Is Hell, Staticlone
% – w/ Scarab, Staticlone
^ – w/ Modern Life Is War, Conservative Military Image, Outta Pocket, Ingrown, Violent Way & more