Featuring former members of
Harvest, the Boston hardcore outfit
the Hope Conspiracy is musically comparable to such bands as Supersleuth,
Snapcase,
Ten Yard Fight, and
Time Flies. The quintet issued a pair of releases early on, a self-titled EP, and their 2000 full-length debut,
Cold Blue, the latter for Equal Vision Records. 2001 saw the re-release of their hard to find self-titled EP on CD (remastered and repackaged with a pair of bonus tracks), while the group toured with the likes of
Converge and
Sick of It All. In the spring of 2002 the group -- several lineup changes later, now including vocalist
Kevin Baker, guitarist Aaron Lisi, bassist Jonas Feinberg, and drummer Jared Shavelson -- started writing again and started work on their next album. The resulting
Endnote was released that fall. Rounds of touring with bands like
From Autumn to Ashes and
Boy Sets Fire ensued before
the Hope Conspiracy went on hiatus in 2004, its members taking part in other projects, like
Baker singing for
Bars and Shavelson drumming with
None More Black. They returned in spring 2006 on Deathwish Inc. with the limited 7" Hang Your Cross, which preceded the September release of their stellar full-length
Death Knows Your Name; it featured the recorded debut of new guitarist Tim Cossar (
American Nightmare,
Bars) and marked the return of former guitarist
Neeraj Kane (
the Suicide File, Holy Roman Empire). ~ Greg Prato