A few years ago almost completely nowhere, Hope of the States split up. After two critically acclaimed albums, the band called it a day after performances at the Leeds/Reading Festivals with little fanfare. It’s almost been 4 years since then, but finally we’re starting to see something come out of the wreckage of one of the most underrated indie bands of the middle of the decade in The Northwestern. Sam Herlihy talks to us about the release of new EP Ghostrock.
With two of the band coming from Hope of the States and Johnny coming from The Open, would you view your past successes as a blessing or curse coming into The Northwestern?
I think when we first started it was a help. Some people were more interested in hearing what we had been up to than if we had never been in bands before. As time goes by it probably becomes more of a hassle
as those bands ended a long time ago but I totally understand it. It’s probably why I’m even in a position to do this interview, play shows etc. I guess it’s up to us to make music and play shows which make what we did before pretty irrelevant. Continue Reading
