New Hopes, New Demonstrations

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New Hopes, New Demonstrations
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1, 2009
RecordedNovember 2008 at Studio Gröndahl, Stockholm
Genre Hardcore punk
Garage punk
Post-hardcore
Length34:07
Label Epitaph Records
Producer Pelle Gunnefeldt
The Ghost of a Thousand chronology
This is Where the Fight Begins
(2007)
New Hopes, New Demonstrations
(2009)
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New Hopes, New Demonstrations is The Ghost of a Thousand's second full-length studio album. It is the band's first release on Epitaph Records. It received critical acclaim, being named the 7th Album of the year (2009) by Rock Sound and 16th by Kerrang! magazine.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Moved as Mountains, Dreamt of By the Sea"2:29
2."Bright Lights"3:49
3."Knees, Toes, Teeth"2:41
4."Canyons of Static"2:52
5."Split the Atom"3:15
6."Neptune"2:49
7."Small Mercies"1:17
8."Nobody Likes a Hero"2:59
9."Running On Empty"2:36
10."Fed to the Ocean"3:32
11."Good Old Fashioned Loss"6:29

Band members

Credits

Awards

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References

  1. Newbound, Tim (June 2009). "The Ghost of a Thousand – New Hopes, New Demonstrations." Rock Sound (123): 92.