{"id":3853,"date":"2023-08-14T15:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/?p=3853"},"modified":"2023-08-14T17:52:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T16:52:34","slug":"hope-dispatched-to-the-masses-a-review-interview-with-berlin-avant-garde-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/hope-dispatched-to-the-masses-a-review-interview-with-berlin-avant-garde-band\/","title":{"rendered":"HOPE Dispatched to the Masses: A Review & Interview with Berlin, Avant-Garde Band"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Berlin avant-garde four-piece, HOPE, have plenty of admirers \u2013 from Bauhaus, Idles and Algiers to US producer Gordon Raphael. Depeche Mode<\/a><\/span> are also fans and they were recently supporting the English synth-pop legends in Tauron Arena, Krakow.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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…we just sent off our music to them \u2013 we didn\u2019t hear anything until 3 months later when they contacted us and said they\u2019d like us to accompany them on the road.<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n

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All photos by Norbert Burkowski<\/span> (No.photos)<\/span><\/a> for Krak\u00f3w Music, HOPE & Live Nation<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n

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HOPE start their set with <\/span>Raw<\/span><\/i>, the third song from their self-titled debut album. It\u2019s a marvellous marriage of restrained guitar and doomy keys that has echoes of the creeping dread of Radiohead\u2019s Climbing up the Walls, the twist comes with lead singer Christine B\u00f6rsch-Supan\u2019s vocal style and delivery, oozing dark unrestrained sexuality and longing \u2013 \u201cI got my teeth in your shoulder, got my teeth in your shoulder.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

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On <\/span>Cell<\/span><\/i>, the unapologetic physicality of the lyrics again comes at us \u2013 \u201chands off my scars, you won\u2019t lay your fingertips on these stitches tonight\u201d. Fittingly, their debut was recorded by Olaf Opal (The Notwist) in the remains of an abandoned lung sanatorium. It\u2019s as intriguing as it is unsettling.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Of course there will be comparisons with Portishead, particularly Beth Gibbons, but there\u2019s something else going on here quintessentially German \u2013 clinical, unsentimental, brutally efficient and with a dark sense of betrayal and mistrust coagulating in its blood. New single <\/span>Osmosis<\/span><\/i> points to the direction of the forthcoming new album, stripped down but with an incessant groove that claws at your bruised heart.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

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\u201cAll of my shame is one word\u201d<\/em> confesses B\u00f6rsch-Supan on <\/span>Shame<\/span><\/i> \u2013 \u201cit still burns.\u201d<\/em> There\u2019s a chilling candour to the delivery here and the band\u2019s goosebump-inducing music is the perfect canvass for the vocal\u2019s lithe paintbrush. Together it all coalesces into a thick dark cloak to either swaddle your lover in, or pull around the operating table as the incision is made. Affirmation of their talent comes when the Depeche Mode-loving crowd clap along enthusiastically much to the unfettered joy of B\u00f6rsch-Supan. I have a lot of respect for these fans; too often I\u2019ve seen fine support bands come undone by a distracted audience that gives the cold shoulder rather than the respect they deserve. Not tonight.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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The band conclude with their nightmarish opus <\/span>Kingdom<\/span><\/i>, a curdled relationship, a twisted thought, a Grimm-like post-truth tale of desire, longing, rejection. \u201cno don\u2019t touch me don\u2019t touch me.\u201d<\/em> It\u2019s disconcerting yet mesmeric. Really looking forward to the band\u2019s new album and what HOPE have up their sleeve. The future is bright.\u00a0 <\/span><\/h5>\n

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HOPE: An Interview with Krak\u00f3w<\/span> Music conducted by Shaun O’Neill<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

I got a chance to sit down with some members of Berlin-based four-piece HOPE before their opening slot for Depeche Mode in Tauron Arena, Krakow, on Friday 4<\/span>th<\/span> August.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Christine – vocal<\/strong><\/span>
\nPhillip – guitar<\/strong><\/span>
\nMartin – keys<\/strong><\/span>
\nFabian – drums<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n

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Shaun<\/b>: How did you get to support the behemoths of dark synth-pop on this leg of their European tour?<\/span><\/h5>\n
Phillip<\/b>: Yeah we just sent off our music to them \u2013 we didn\u2019t hear anything until 3 months later when they contacted us and said they\u2019d like us to accompany them on the road.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Shaun<\/b>: That\u2019s the stuff of rock and roll dreams! What a story. What\u2019s been the highlight so far?<\/span><\/h5>\n
Fabian<\/b>: Well, just last night in Warsaw when we played the song \u201cShame\u201d the crowd just started clapping spontaneously and that was quite a moment for us.<\/span><\/h5>\n
Shaun<\/b>: Have you adapted your live set in any way to cater for a primarily Depeche Mode-loving audience?<\/span><\/h5>\n
Phillip<\/b>: No we didn\u2019t change really. Of course the set is shorter but we\u2019ve never played shows this big for like 70,000 people and this is really incredible \u2013 meeting people from all over the world who are travelling to see Depeche Mode, but who will also have an opportunity to listen to our music. Live, we just keep doing what we\u2019ve always done. <\/span><\/h5>\n

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Shaun<\/b>: Let\u2019s go back to the beginning. How did the band start?\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Phillip<\/b>: We are trained jazz musicians and we were all studying together. I was walking to a class and Christine and Fabian shouted after me \u2013 <\/span>hey we started a band \u2013 do you want to join<\/span><\/i>? And that was it. Initially, Christine started to write jazz-style numbers with German lyrics. In 2014 we made a record that was discarded but we released one single from it and that was the start of things. We knew we had something from that point.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Shaun<\/b>: Your self-titled album was released in 2017, and you have a new album on the way this year. How is it different musically and conceptually from the debut album?\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Phillip<\/b>: It\u2019s a record from covid. It leaves out a lot of drama. It\u2019s more reduced. It wasn\u2019t a concept as such as Christine wrote the songs and we put the music around it. Mentally we returned to the cave \u2013 it\u2019s more introverted.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Shaun<\/b>: What about the song writing process? How does it look?<\/span><\/h5>\n
Phillip<\/b>: I might write a guitar riff\/Fabian a drum beat and then Christine might write a song based on that or just compose a song on her own that we construct music around.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Shaun<\/b>: How does that great city of Berlin inform your music \u2013 does it frustrate and inspire equally?\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Phillip<\/b>: We don\u2019t really belong to a Berlin \u201cScene\u201d. It\u2019s a grey area. There are pluses and minuses to that.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Fabian<\/b>: Berlin is a great place to meet people. It was a central point for gathering together. Many people helped us hone our sound in the city and this was a great help. <\/span><\/h5>\n

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Shaun<\/b>: Were you going for a different sound on the new album? You are still working with the same producer, Olaf Opal, on this right?<\/span><\/h5>\n
Phillip<\/b>: Yes, he\u2019s amazing. This time we went to a smaller space to record it. Olaf is a master of hearing and understanding what\u2019s important. He doesn\u2019t add anything to the music necessarily, but his contribution is vital.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Shaun<\/b>: Is there any new music that is inspiring you?<\/span><\/h5>\n
Phillip<\/b>: I love the new Kendrick Lamar album! I listen to a lot of hip hop.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Fabian<\/b>: There\u2019s so much great music out there today so it\u2019s hard to choose.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Shaun<\/b>: I know \u2013 there really is and I don\u2019t agree with anyone who says that modern music is in some way poorer than that of the past. You just need to scratch the surface.
\n<\/span>Have you any advice for younger bands who are starting off and trying to get a break?<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Phillip<\/b>: Yes. Gordon Raphael who produced the Strokes album responded to something we did. We agree that if you invest all your time and energy into something \u2013 magic can and does happen. Put as much energy as you can into it. Work hard. Yes, it\u2019s <\/span>a lot <\/span><\/i>of work but it\u2019s worth it.\u00a0 Don\u2019t let people tell you what to change. Believe in what you are doing.<\/span><\/h5>\n
Fabian<\/b>: Stay strong!<\/span><\/h5>\n
Shaun<\/b>: Any special moments on the road?<\/span><\/h5>\n
Phillip<\/b>: We stopped along the motorway and had a fan come up to us and tell us that she loved our music. To be recognised is something different for us.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Shaun<\/b>: Really looking forward to hearing your set tonight.\u00a0 I wish you all the very best with the rest of the tour and the new album. Thanks for taking the time to talk to me.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

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