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Hope & Social

Hope&Social are a four-piece rock band based in Leeds, England. They were originally known as Four Day Hombre.

They tour extensively, and March 13 2006 saw the nationwide release of their debut album, Experiments in Living, as Four Day Hombre and through their own record label, Alamo Music.

The publicity activities accompanying the release of this album, along with the unusual history of Alamo Music, raised the profile of the band considerably during 2006. On February 7 2006 they played a half-hour session on the Janice Long show on BBC Radio 2, which featured a number of live acoustic performances as well as a discussion with the band. The album release was followed by a tour of Barfly venues around Britain.

In the autumn of 2006 they toured the UK supporting Embrace and released the mini-album Fight Death. A tour of Canada was completed in March 2007, to support the release of Experiments in Living in that country. The tour included support slots for Canadian bands The Marble Index and The Miniatures.

On May 15 2008, it was announced by the band that they were changing their name to Hope&Social, stating "same line-up, but with a different approach and sound". In July 2008, Hope&Social released their first EP under the new name, with a full-length album due out before the end of the year. On October 7 2008, the band appeared on Channel M, a TV station based in Manchester.

On June 3 2009, the band released their new album, Architect of this Church. The album was in the making for 2 years and took over 16000 man hours to record. It is currently available to purchase on their website, where fans can buy the album for however much they think it is worth.

Members

  • Simon Wainwright – Vocals, Guitar and Keyboards
  • Rich Huxley – Guitar, Cello, Banjo and Vocals
  • Ed Waring – Keyboards and Rhodes
  • Jason Miller – Bass and Double Bass

Discography

Given in chronological order of release.

Early demos

Four Day Hombre

Self-recorded demo, 2000. Available on CD only; no catalogue number.

Track listing
  1. "Tenth White Lie"
  2. "Crying Shame"
  3. "Christina's Song"
  4. "Poor Substitute"
  5. "Little Ditty"
  6. "It's Happening to Me"
  7. "Oh Katherine"

Live 2000

Self-recorded demo, 2000. Available on CD only; no catalogue number.

Track listing
  1. "Needed to Know"
  2. "Small Talk"
  3. "Don't Tell Me Now"
  4. "Waiting for the Sun"
  5. "Allow Me"
  6. "Trace My Way"
  7. "Friends Like You"
  8. "Children's Shoes"

Official releases

As Four Day Hombre

As Hope&Social

Alamo Music

Alamo Music is Four Day Hombre's own record label, created in 2004 to release their own music.

Though Alamo had a brief existence as being funded entirely through income produced by the band, an appeal in the autumn of 2004 to members of their mailing list lead to a number of fans of the band venturing the capital necessary to formalise the label, and to finance the recording and marketing of the debut album. They hence became shareholders in Alamo. This 'fan-funded' approach has produced significant publicity for the band in national and regional press. For example, an article concerning the label and its formation was featured on the front page of the BBC website on March 13, 2006, the day of release of Experiments in Living.

The name Alamo was chosen in reference to the Battle of the Alamo. A quote from William Barret Travis, commander of the Texan forces at this battle, is printed on the inside of Experiments in Living: "I shall have to fight the enemy on his own terms."

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