Hopesfall have released “Tunguska,” the second single from their forthcoming album, Arbiter. Fans can listen to the song below and check out an exclusive interview on Alternative Press.
Arbiter is the long-awaited follow up to 2007’s Magnetic North, and marks the band’s first record in over a decade. The album will be released on July 13th, 2018 via Graphic Nature / Equal Vision Records and can be pre-ordered now at hopesfall.lnk.to/arbiter.
Hopesfall formed in 1998. Over the next decade, the band would undergo numerous line-up changes but always drew from the same core group of lifelong friends to source new members. The bond between the group was so strong that even after disbanding in 2008, guitarists Joshua Brigham and Dustin Nadler and drummer Adam Morgan continued to get together on Wednesdaynights to work on new music despite having no plans to release it. It was during these jam sessions that the music that would eventually find its way onto Arbiter first began to take shape.
In 2012, Brigham and Morgan visited frontman, Jay Forrest, in Chicago culminating in the decision that Forrest would add vocals to the demos. The lineup for the band’s reformation would then be cemented in August of 2015 when bassist, Chad Waldrup, joined the group to see Hum and Failure. Still, the idea of putting out new music as Hopesfall wasn’t part of the plan. With the lineup complete, the band brought their demos to another trusted collaborator – producer Mike Watts (Glassjaw, Dillinger Escape Plan, O’Brother) whom they had worked with on two previous releases, Magnetic North and A Types. It was Watts who brought the demos to Dan Sandshaw and Will Putney of Graphic Nature / Equal Vision Records where the idea of releasing it as a Hopesfall record was finally discussed. A testament to the band’s hard-earned legacy, the famed label immediately jumped on the opportunity to release the project.
Arbiter has a decidedly unique bend to it, but Brigham points out that it is built off of the same principles as Hopesfall’s previous catalog – “big riffs and dark melodies.” Forrest adds that the driving message of Arbiter remains the same as well: “Hopes fall. Tragedies happen. But that doesn’t mean you should give up or not stay the course.“
Arbiter is set for release on July 13th via Graphic Nature / Equal Vision Records. It is at once a reminder of why the band has become so influential and a beacon of its continued evolution. Look for Hopesfall to support the release with select tour dates later this year.
The band will take the stage for the first time since 2011 for two special shows at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn on July 13th and for Kerrang Presents on July 14th. They will also be performing at Neighborhood Theatre in Charlotte on July 21st. Tickets for all three shows are available now at hopesfall.net.
Upcoming Shows:
7/13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus
7/14 – Kerrang Presents – Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus
7/21 – Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre