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The new Hope Conspiracy

Posted by Loren on March 27, 2024

The new Hope Conspiracy
The new Hope Conspiracy

The Hope Conspiracy return with their special brand of brutality, announcing new album Tools of Oppression / Rule by Deception, out on May 31 on Deathwish Inc.

The record was engineered by Kurt Ballou and Zach Weeks at God City Studios.

Check out the single "Those Who Gave Us Yesterday" below, plus a couple of live dates in June.

The Hope Conspiracy, live:

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

Tools of Oppression / Rule by Deception Track Listing:

  1. Those Who Gave Us Yesterday
  2. The Prophets and Doom
  3. A Struggle for Power
  4. Live in Fear
  5. Shock by Shock
  6. Of a Dying Nation
  7. Confusion, Chaos, Misery
  8. Broken Vessels
  9. The West is Dead
  10. The Specter Looms
The new Hope Conspiracy
The new Hope Conspiracy

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