HOPE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY

Rarely does a band manage to be that successful at their first album! Hope to see another day is a sort of pilote, but in the best sense. Here, they've planted a lot of seeds, that would blossom across their discography, testing a lot of different things that all work, while developping a special style of their own, defined by a rock both modern and, in some regard, "old school", pure, with Satomi's violin (which we only regret it be not used enough), a capacity to produce almost naked melodic pieces, as well as a somber atmosphere. In the image of the band and their music, the artwork itself is simple but dark and characteristic. "Needles in my brain" and "Pain" are to me the best tracks in the album, but there is a lot of great stuff as well in "Liar" and "Seven Days". "Coming down" and "Hope to see another day" are also interesting pieces with good ideas, although they're somewhat longish - it would take Believe a number of years before finally fully mastering the art of great long songs, with their album Seven Widows.