The Hope That Kills You

The Hope That Kills You
Studio album by Palm Springs
Released	January 2010
Recorded	2007–2009 at Church Road Studios, Hove, East Sussex
Genre	Chamber Pop
Label	Random Acts Of Vinyl
Producer	Palm Springs and Paul Pascoe
Palm Springs chronology
No Hurt Like a Broken Heart (2007) The Hope That Kills You (2010)
Singles from The Hope That Kills You
"I Start Fires / Twilight Of A Star" Released: 2007 "Blood And Water / Stop Making Plans" Released: 2008 "Free Atlas / Shared History" Released: 2009

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The Hope That Kills You is a studio album by the band Palm Springs. It is the band's second long-playing record, featuring earlier singles "I Start Fires" (2007), "Blood and Water" (2008) and "Free Atlas" (2009).

Track listing

1. "I Start Fires" (4:04)
2. "No More Shall We Be" (3:27)
3. "Still Life" (3:28)
4. "The Constellation" (3:45)
5. "Free Atlas" (3:36)
6. "Taint And Trespass" (3:09)
7. "Candy Milk" (4:12)
8. "Blood And Water" (3:55)
9. "The Harm Still Hidden" (3:40)
10. "There Is Nothing Left To Love" (4:16)
11. "Bury Me Not" (5:56)

Personnel

All tracks on the album were written and performed by Cane and Russo with the following additional personnel:

• Grant Allardyce – drums on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11; percussion on track 2
• Jane Bartholomew – backing vocals on tracks 2, 9 and 10
• Ellie Blackshaw – violin on tracks 4 and 9
• Neil Cantwell – keyboards on track 11; electric guitar and percussion on track 7; piano on tracks 3–5, 7, 10 and 11
• Sophie Greenhalgh – violin on tracks 2, 4 and 9
• Ros Hanson – viola on tracks 2, 4 and 9
• Gareth Herrick – backing vocals on track 3
• Mark Jesson – cello on tracks 1, 2, 4–11; string arrangements for tracks 2, 4 and 9
• Kah – backing vocals on tracks 1, 4, 6 and 11
• Johny Lamb – cornet and backing vocals on track 3
• Pete Lush – backing vocals on track 3
• Jeffers Mayo – extra electric guitar on track 1
• Sally Megee – backing vocals on tracks 3, 5 and 11
• Paul Pascoe – backing vocals on tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11; electric bass on tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 10 and 11; electric guitar on tracks 4 and 5; harmonium on track 7; Moog synthesizer on track 4
• Matt Sigley – piano and backing vocals on track 8
• DC Cane – cover photography

External links

• Random Acts Of Vinyl official website