.hopesfall.~The Broken Heart of a Traitor

“From 1995 to ’96 me and my friends listened to HUM’s album You’d Prefer an Astronaut on repeat. We couldn’t get enough of the massive guitar sounds paired with the lyrical themes of space and loneliness. So when the band announced their tour was coming to Charlotte and it was at Tremont Music Hall, there was a collective response of, ‘Where is Tremont Music Hall?’ “The majority of us were teenagers from the suburbs and the idea that a band on major radio would play a smaller club was unimaginable. Regardless, our excitement outweighed our skepticism, and we bought tickets to the show. When we pulled into the parking lot I remember thinking, “This can’t be the right place.” But the energy forced me up the ramp and towards the door. “HUM took the stage, and if memory serves me correctly, they opened with ‘Why I Like the Robins.’ I was immediately transported to another place. They sounded beautiful, massive. The fact that one of my favorite bands was playing ten feet from me on a stage— that I could reach out and touch— blew my teenage mind. It totally subverted everything I’d ever thought about playing music. Before that show, being in band and playing shows seemed —something only rock stars achieved. That show changed our lives and made us realize we could be in a band that played real shows. “Fast forward a few years to 1998. Josh Brigham, Doug Venable, Adam Morgan, Chris Kincaid, Pat Aldrich, and I would form a band and call it Hopesfall. Deeply influenced by the band HUM (but with a hardcore twist), we set out to write a few songs and possibly play our favorite venue, Tremont. Little did we know, that tiny dream would become a reality. Tremont gave us and our friends' bands a platform when we were just scrappy kids with no experience. Tremont always treated us with respect and fostered the local and national music scene in Charlotte. There was no other. “Fast-forward a few more years to 2002. Hopesfall was offered the opportunity to record with none other than Matt Talbott, the lead singer of HUM. Our story had come full circle to that first show at Tremont. The recording session would produce our album The Satellite Years, which would take the band to a whole new level. “The inspiration to start a band began that night at my very first show at Tremont. I often think about what those years would have been like had Tremont not existed. Where would me and so many other kids in Charlotte have ended up? Would we have met and become friends? Would we have formed bands and created music? “I’m deeply grateful for the opportunities Tremont provided us and countless others. We all owe you so much. Charlotte owes you so much. Thank you, Tremont. There is no other.” https://www.charlottemagazine.com/members-of-junior-astronomers-hopesfall-share-memories-of-tremont-music-hall/ #hopesfallband #metalcore #shoegaze

Added 28 Aug 2026