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About Me

"I've spent a fair amount of time swooning over dreamy male vocalists, but The Hope have recently made me bat for the other team. Well, musically speaking..." -Megan Seling, The Stranger

"The Hope has the quirky, literate nature of Suzanne Vega. Except with better tunes". -Onetimesone.com

"How on earth have these girls done it? They've created a unique sound, complete with a haunting backdrop, simple lyrics and mysterious vocals. The entire album is as cozy as a cool fall day cuddled up inside with tea and a blanket. The album starts about strong with "Not About You (The Lament)" which begins with a piano interlude and continues on with Shelby Earl singing, "And there was one thing/One thing I never could explain Letting you go, letting you go/Remorse was one thing/One thing I never could control/Letting you go, letting you go." In "Keep This for Me," Earl sings, "Your last kiss drew more from me/Than I meant to give/How easily we take away everything we live." Combining the sounds of Katie Trotta, Imogen Heap and Maren Ord with a bit of an old-time sound in parts like Billie Holiday minus the jazz, Earl and Katie Freeze are a hot duo that deserves to get noticed." -Discoveringartists.com

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Member Since: 6/16/2005
Band Website: thehopemusic.com
Band Members:

The Hope: Shelby Earl - lead vocals, Katie Freeze - piano/composition

Rotating Cast: Drums - Mark Pickerel (Screaming Trees/Mark Lanagan/Mark Pickerel and his Praying Hands), Guitar - Julian Vigo (Kissingitis), Bass - Ryan Davis (Mortimer) and Luke Bergman, Guitar 2 - Mike Notter (Shim), Cello - Ruth Marshall

Producer: Martin Feveyear


Influences: Artists with voices and songs.
Record Label: Self-released
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Seattle Sings Songs of Lady California @ Tractor Tavern

Thur, April 24 @ Tractor Tavern, Ballard "Goin' To California" Seattle Bands Sing Songs Of Lady California an Earth Day benefit for: Sustainable Ballard (www.sustainableballard.org) featuring: ...
Posted by the hope on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:29:00 PST

Shelby playing Dylan Tribute night...

Shelby, Mike Notter (from Shim), and Mark Pickerel will be playing a Bob Dylan song off Blonde on Blonde this Saturday night -Dec. 8, 2007, at the Tractor Tavern as a part of their Annual Xmas Benefit...
Posted by the hope on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:16:00 PST

**Tour cancelled

As many of you know, we were going to head out on tour w/ Sarah Shannon this summer for some East & West coast shows, but life changes FAST.  So fast in fact, that we hadn't even had a chance...
Posted by the hope on Fri, 04 May 2007 10:07:00 PST

Live in-studio performance on KEXP 90.3 - online now!

If you missed our live in-studio performance on KEXP 90.3 FM this weekend, it's not too late!!!  Visit here to listen to the online streaming archive: http://www.kexp.org/streamarchive/streamarch...
Posted by the hope on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:51:00 PST

The Hope on NPR.org - All Songs Considered

Starting Monday, November 14th, NPR's All Songs Considered "Open Mic" web page and podcast will be featuring the song "Waiting" from The Hope's In The Deep -  http://www.npr.org/templat...
Posted by the hope on Mon, 24 Oct 2005 11:21:00 PST