Hope Is Important

by Idlewild

Hope Is Important cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 October 1998
  • Label: Food Records
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 35:55
  • Community rating: 2.91/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Roddy Woomble, Rod Jones, Paul Tipler, Bob Fairfoull, Kenneth Rice, Colin Newton

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Prior to their later shift towards polished alternative rock, the Scottish band debuted with a frantic, wildly energetic blast of spiky indie-punk. Influenced equally by American post-hardcore and British indie pop, the record relies on angular, feedback-heavy guitars and Roddy Woomble's frantic, yelping vocal delivery.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, noisy

Tracklist

  1. You've Lost Your Way (1:30)
  2. A Film for the Future (3:28)
  3. Paint Nothing (3:12)
  4. When I Argue I See Shapes (4:24)
  5. 4 People Do Good (2:00)
  6. I'm Happy to Be Here Tonight (3:13)
  7. Everyone Says You're so Fragile (2:19)
  8. I'm a Message (2:28)
  9. You Don't Have the Heart (2:08)
  10. Close the Door (2:20)
  11. Safe and Sound (3:15)
  12. Low Light (5:32)

Credits

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