Earlier this year Massachusetts hardcore heroes The Hope Conspiracy confirmed their full length return with the confirmation of the first studio album since 2006 with Tools of Oppression / Rule by Deception.

Introducing the effort with the opening track, "Those Who Gave Us Yesterday" The Hope Conspiracy reasserted their confrontational signature with an intense return to form on a track that framed the divisive, destructive climate of our current culture - pulling no punches ideologically or instrumentally. 

Now, the band have doubled down with the latest reveal from from the pending May 31st release. Flexing the uncompromising heft of "The West Is Dead", the hostile three-minute assault again takes aim at a concerning current state of affairs and the self-serving decision makers that prioritize their interests above all else. 

Vocalist Kevin Baker breaks down the hostility that fuels the track and offers an ominous prediction that has played out in history many times before. "Politicians in the west, whether they are on the left or right, all eat from the same pig trough. Corporations own every single one of them. The working people were sold down the river decades ago. The professional liars are not concerned with fair wages, human rights, affordable healthcare or the poison in our air, water and food.

Both sides play on everyone's sensitivities to keep us hating one another while they take lucrative donations and marching orders from rent seeking billionaires. The tent cities and rampant homelessness would go away tomorrow if they really wanted it to be so. The system is designed to crush the common people. If you don't feel it now you will. If you don't see it now you will. It's the approaching storm on the horizon and there is no escaping it. The west is dead and our end is near."

The Kurt Ballou-produced Tools of Oppression / Rule by Deception arrives May 31st via Deathwish Inc. The album is available for pre-order - HERE. See a current list of tour dates for The Hope Conspiracy below. 

The Hope Conspiracy Tour Dates June 7  Cambridge, MA @ Sonia June 8  Brooklyn, NY @ The Meadows June 9  Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church July 20  Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge - The Rumble September 6  Los Angeles, CA @ 1720 September 7  Berkeley, CA @ 924 Gilman September 8  Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction September 9  Giant Rock, CA @ Ask A Punk September 12  San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar September 13  Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project September 14  Portland, OR @ Dante's September 15  Tacoma, WA @ Real Art