{"id":2093129,"date":"2025-10-15T14:48:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2093129"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:48:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:48:26","slug":"hope-of-the-states-share-rousing-new-single-billboard-mountain-announce-the-lost-riots-reissue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hope-of-the-states-share-rousing-new-single-billboard-mountain-announce-the-lost-riots-reissue\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope Of The States share rousing new single &#8216;Billboard Mountain&#8217;, announce &#8216;The Lost Riots&#8217; reissue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/hope-of-the-states\">Hope Of The States<\/a> have shared their rousing new single \u2018Billboard Mountain\u2019 and announced plans to reissue their debut album \u2018The Lost Riots\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Chichester post-rock band <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/hope-of-the-states-reunion-tour-new-album-interview-3772668\">announced their huge comeback after 18 years of inactivity<\/a> last July, after breaking up in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The band have since released comeback single\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-hope-of-the-states-video-for-epic-comeback-single-long-waits-in-a-e-3808398\">\u2018Long Waits In A &amp; E\u2019<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/hope-of-the-states-share-seething-new-single-footage-steamtrain-and-announce-winter-2025-uk-tour-3878412\">\u2018Footage\/Streamtrain\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they have shared their latest song \u2018Billboard Mountain\u2019, which you can listen to below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Billboard Mountain\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/1kkI1Sq9wUlNiohx9zB8Cy?si=cd36df39c4a44d88&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billboard Mountain\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wxujmf-JHFM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The band have also announced a special edition vinyl repress of their 2004 debut album \u2018The Lost Riots\u2019 as part of National Album Day 2025 this Saturday (October 18).<\/p>\n<p>The reissue features a foil print cover, battered metal coloured eco-vinyl along with a host of B-sides, some of which feature on vinyl for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after the band recently kicked off a short UK tour in Bristol last night (October 14).<\/p>\n<p>The tour will continue at London\u2019s Islington Assembly Hall tonight (October 15), before wrapping up at Manchester\u2019s Gorilla tomorrow (October 16). You can purchase any remaining\u00a0tickets <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dhope%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bstates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/liam-gallagher-manics-iggy-pop-queen-architects-and-more-lead-national-album-day-2025-vinyl-re-releases-3893770\">Other artists set to release records on National Album Day 2025<\/a> include <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/liam-gallagher\">Liam Gallagher<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/manic-street-preachers\">Manic Street Preachers<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/iggy-pop\">Iggy Pop<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/queen\">Queen<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/architects\">Architects<\/a> and many more.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking previously about their comeback, Hope Of The States<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/hope-of-the-states-reunion-tour-new-album-interview-3772668\"> told <em>NME <\/em>about the state of their new music<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in a rehearsal room and have been smashing it together,\u201d frontman Sam Herlihy said. \u201cIt\u2019s all written and we\u2019re going to go and record with Jolyon Thomas, who is the son of Ken Thomas who made our two records with. He was an absolute hero and I loved him dearly. He was an incredible, artistic, intimidating dude, but sadly he passed away last year. We first met Jolyon when we first met Ken when he was some snotty 16-year-old kid, and now he\u2019s snotty whatever-year-old producer who makes records with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/u2\">U2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the songs weren\u2019t good, then I wouldn\u2019t do this,\u201d he continued. \u201cAs fun as it would be to to play the shows and give something back to fans would be lovely, it wouldn\u2019t be enough to just play the old stuff. I genuinely believe that it\u2019s as good if not better than the old stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hope Of The States have shared their rousing new single \u2018Billboard Mountain\u2019 and announced plans to reissue their debut album \u2018The Lost Riots\u2019. 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