Released February 15, 2011 Genre Alternative rock | Format Digital Download Length 4:00 | |
Label Universal Music Canada
Bumstead Records Producer(s) Gord Sinclair
John-Angus MacDonald | ||
"Hope & Ruin" is the first single and title track from The Trews' fourth studio album, Hope & Ruin.
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Background
According to Colin and John-Angus MacDonald, the song was inspired by the song "Fly" by Nick Drake. The title of the song was taken from the cover of a Rolling Stone magazine released in 2009 after Michael Jackson's death which featured the title "Michael Jackson's Final Days: Hope And Ruin". The original opening lyric of the song was "Hope and Ruin, the American Dream".
Music video
The music video for "Hope & Ruin" was directed by Drew Lightfoot, the same man who directed The Trews' video for "Hold Me In Your Arms" in 2007. The video was shot over 4 days on location in Toronto and rural Nova Scotia.
References
Hope & Ruin (song) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA