We are proud to announce that we have signed with Facedown Records! We are very excited about this opportunity to share our music on a wider level than before. The song we posted is a pre-production demo of what will eventually be on our new as-yet to be titled record that will be out next spring on Facedown. We will be venturing up to Seattle, Washington on January 2, 2010 to begin the actual tracking of the record with Chris Common (Pelican, These Arms Are Snakes).

The album will be a vast concept about the search for meaning in a seemingly meaningless world, a problem I think everyone faces regardless of their beliefs. Frederick Nietzsche famously declared that “God is dead…and we have killed him.” Prominent scholars and thinkers tell us we must reject religious belief due to a moral basis. The philosophical debate goes on but we are left in the middle to try and find a meaning- What if God is not real? Does my life have no purpose? Does anything matter? We will be deconstructing this notion from the perspective of a man who finds himself in this world with no meaning, as he tries to reconstruct his understanding of reality. We want to touch on these doubts and fears that are felt by everyone from the most doubtful to the most fervent. It is not our goal to make a value judgment or to point fingers, but to more fully understand the human condition all of us are placed into.

Thanks again for all your continued support, we look forward to sharing more of this new project with you as the months unfold! Make sure to keep checking back for little goodies here and there, and drop a line to let us know what you think! Thank you all so much!

A Hope For Home
Nathan, Matt, Tanner, Dan, Eric

Hello everyone!

First off I want to thank everyone who has come out to see us this summer on our tour with Hands, or at Cornerstone, Sonshine, or Tomfest. It has been a good summer and we are about to take a couple months off to dig deep into the writing process for a new record.

We wanted to take this time to announce that we have decided to part ways with Ian, our drummer. We just felt it would be the best for both of our futures to continue on seperate paths. He is an awesome dude and an extremely talented drummer, and will be missed! We know that he will succeed in whatever project comes his way, and want to thank him for playing drums and helping us for the past 4 years. You can go say hey at his side projects at myspace.com/aseasonsslumber and myspace.com/thebandroads.

That said we will be looking for a new drummer. Feel free to message us on here for more info, and stay tuned for a TON of new updates to come this fall along with a new myspace layout, new songs, new shows, and some big news! Thank you all so much for your support over the years and your continued support during this season of change! We couldnt be doing any of this without you!

A Hope For Home

So here are a few photos from our tour in February:

The tour started out on a high note; a trip to The Price is Right.  Check us out, the episode airs on March 13th!


Then we of course took a stop by In and Out.  No tour into Cali is complete without it.


Then our journey took us to Palmdale... twice, but the first time was a GPS accident.  The second time was much more enjoyable.


Then we were off to Arizona*!

* note: this picture was actually taken in California.  In the parking lot of a 7eleven.  It didn't make sense to me either.

After that we spend a few days working our way through Texas.  Our favorite day was spent with Will Smith (not the gettin' jiggy wit it one).  In the picture we are eating a lunch prepared by his mother.  Will Smith's mom made us lunch! 


Here are some random pictures.  Nathan eating fruit snacks and being smiley.  And him and Matt getting lost on a twisty wood wall thing (these are the filler pictures)


Now this one was a big day for me.  We went to White Castle!  That day my life became complete as you can tell from the joy on my face.  It ended up tasting terrible.  But yet for some reason I still want more!


Then on our way through Kansas we found a city that just so happen to share a name with Matt.  You can probably tell from this picture why we hope this never happens to matt again...


Now in the last week of tour we ended up going right past the hoover dam.  so of course, picture!  (this is us trying to be exciting.... we are a really boring band...)


And then we made it to Vegas.  And I didn't get any cool pictures besides this one.  It seemed appropriate.

(I believe dan isn't looking too happy because the large asian man behind him and tanner seems to have the same facial hair)

And this is where I would enter the tour picture with Tiefighter...  But I don't have it... :/  So hopefully I'll have it soon!  Sorry their wasn't more!  Thanks for checking up on us though!  Love you guys!

<3 Eric and AHFH

We are pleased to announce that we have signed with Strike First/Facedown Records! After 2 years of being a 100% DIY group we have finally been given an awesome chance to take the next step in the industry, and we can't be more excited. The Facedown family is a great place for us and we humbly follow in the footsteps of 2 other important Facedown Portland bands, Inked In Blood and Brutal Fight.

We will be re-releasing 'The Everlasting Man' on January 20th. I know some of you already have it, so we decided to spice it up a little bit. The re-release will have:
-2 New Songs
-Remixed
-Remastered
-Brand New Artwork
It is up for preorder now in the Facedown Records online store-check that out here- http://facedown.merchnow.com/
and while you're at it, add them on myspace! www.myspace.com/strikefirstrecords

Also, we are having a CD re-release show at the Satyricon in Portland on January 24th, 2009. More info on that soon. We are also going to be filming a video in Seattle this weekend for "Iniquity: An Offering" so be checking back for that soon! And of course we will be back on tour next year hopefully around February so check back for dates!

We need your support now more than ever. The music industry is at a very interesting place right now, and we believe one thing that has plagued the Major Labels has been the tendency to look at the listener as part of a larger group of people that make up a mechanical, predictable consumer base, and just create products to throw out at you with little or no value. We have always felt that music should be something that is valued and can stand for something, and we want to present our music to you with as much heart as we can. We feel partnering with the Strike First/Facedown team will only strengthen that ideal, and the way to create lasting art is to be honest and create without pretense. Thank you all for your continued support (and for reading this far!) And we will see you on the road next year!

Nathan, Matt, Tanner, Dan, Eric, and Ian
(A Hope For Home)

The  Covenant
Instrumental


Iniquity: An Offering
How will you measure your value?
I have heard the scholars, they provide no truth.

We've turned away from what we were meant to be,
Trading in conviction for a dollar's worth in dreams.
We've blurred our sight with stagnant eyes,
And then we pass the blame so we can cover up our lies.

New revelations are your new trend. A self-absorbed enlightenment.
Words of worth have become slander and deceit. Open up your eyes.

We were meant for so much more. Have we lost ourselves?
Forged from providence but so far gone. Have we lost ourselves?
I'm not giving up on me.

How easily we mistake chaff for the grain.
We are more than flesh and blood.
Look how far we haven't come.
We've been playing God.

Reveal in us the failings of the ones who walked before us.
Reveal in us, the truth that we all have lost our way.
Reveal in us, our strength because our backs cant hold the weight,
Show us the flaws in everything that we create.
To live walk and breathe. We all want to believe.

But can't we offer up a new song? Can't we offer ourselves?


Affliction: The Witness, The Advocate
Assail me and tear me in your anger.
All was once well with me, but I've lead myself here.
My pride pulls. Constantly beckoning me to be something that I'm not.
If I say: "My hope is in the grave" and to corruption, "You're my father."
To the worm, "You're my mother" if my hope is in the grave, then what is left for me?

"Did you forget what it takes to walk away? And did you forget I will never take you past the palm of My hand?"

And I am overcome. What miserable comforters in the arms of sorrow.
With every wound sanctity diminished. With every scar I feel my soul retreat.
Oh earth, do not cover my blood.
May my cries never be laid to rest.
But if I speak, my pain will not be relieved, and if I refrain, it does not go away.

"Did you forget why I've put you here? And do you even want to know what it means to be alive?"

Have we forgotten? And what will be left?
..the pull of my pride takes me away.

Infidelity: Kingdom’s End
I’ve traveled back from the depths of my soul to find that nothing is as it seems.
I’ll watch the world lose control and fall apart at the seams.
What will be without the great I Am on our side? Our hearts devoured by dreams and as we walk away we are consumed.

I cannot stay silent: we’ve left no room for a savior.
Warnings ring out but we have grown too deaf to hear, too blind to see the coming storm as it draws near.

We cannot be afraid to face the truth: there is blood on our hands and we are moving backwards. How do we justify the things we’ve done?
Though too far gone we say, “wash away all of this. And with your grace, bring me back to you.”

I cannot stay silent: the coming storm will wash us away. How our feet wander, they brought us here where swords are at our throats. We sow wheat but we reap   thorns. Forever we will reap thorns until the moment we wake.
It will be too late to dig ourselves out of the grave on our own. Beasts will be called to devour, destroyers will swarm, because in this place our lives are restrained and we can no longer prevail.


The Exile
Where have You gone? And where am I without you
This heart that once burned with hope won't beat without your mercy

Wash away all of this, bring me back to You.

So here I remain, so far away.
There is nothing at all that can bring be back to You
But my own will, but my own heart, my own hands.
But is it too little too late?

This distance makes my heart sour.
I am so far away.
Distance from that which I desire and what leads me astray.
I am so far away.


Babylon: The Insatiable Thirst
Hollow.
To be without the One that brought us here.
Meaningless.
Rip the roots from the ground to lay down foundations bound to crumble.
Generations will come and go but the earth will remain.
Swallow lies as you construct compensations for truth.

Trading in our souls for white washed figures and towering symbols of our progress. We're all chasing the wind.
But it's all in vain. The same fate will overtake us all in the end.
The workforce marching, hearts heavy as stone.
For the same fate overtakes us all.

And I have walked every mile, and upturned every stone. I've indulged every urge And bowed at the altar of greed.
Just to find that all of this is meaningless.

What is there left for men to do with the little time we have?
Denying ourselves nothing we desire. We are counting down the days until we've reached our final hour. Nothing will be gained under the sun.

I have seen, all things forged must come undone.
I have surveyed all my hands have done.
And when we pass we leave everything behind.

I have walked every mile, and upturned every stone. I've indulged every urge and bowed at the altar of greed.
Just to find that all of this is meaningless.
And as we stand at the edge of time, we will look back and we will see
That our gods all will fade to dust if they are built from mortar and machines.
Hollow.
Meaningless.


Absolution: Of Flight and Failure
There is nowhere to turn, I have nowhere to go
They've burned down the bridges and boarded up the doors
So I'll make my escape with feathers, wax and string.
Fly far from this place, 'till there's nothing left to see.
Its so far, down to the ground.

What awaits for me? I long for things unseen. Your warnings fail.
I would rather die then never try.
Now watch me climb with the wind at my feet. The clouds become the ground.
I sense the folly in my ways.
It weighs me down, so far down. These wings can't hold me up!
But these wings cannot fail me! They have taken me this far.
Father! You have blessed me with these hands, though they are calloused and they are scarred. You have blessed me with these hands.  But they are destined to let me down.

Dare I heed the warnings that you've given?
If I fail then I fail with my pride.

As the salt water fills my lungs, I finally see
That I've forsaken Your will, and replaced it with my own selfish needs.
But oh, my God, won't you let me fall from the sky, embraced in flames?
I've done this to myself.

These wings were built with purpose, but I have used them for my own.
These hands were made to lift you up so high, instead they tear you down.
If I'm to drown into the depths then let me go. For a second chance,
Ill start my life over. My lord I'll give, with love, my everything.


Masada: The Spiral Staircase
Ransom my hope. Set me free,
And set my eyes to see what you have in store for me.
I'm on the edge of all of this, captured by selfishness,
But offering my one last breath to ransom my faithfulness.

With our hands we have ravaged the world.
Time and time again, I have drowned in affliction.
A shell of a man. Take this body, this waste of breath.
A shell of a man. I have served my time.
This body is a tomb. I'm still waiting for your fire.

My blood boils, I've watched out foundations crumble beneath our feet.
My blood boils. Still we plead for sympathy,
Knowing very well we've played the foe for too long.

Savior! Redeemer! Redemption! Rapture! Armageddon!
With arms outstretched to You, I will welcome the end!

Restoration: The Return From Exile
There is nothing that I desire more than to be with You.
Will you remember me and help me find my way back?
Will you remember me?
My heart was once led astray, but with new eyes I can see that you were never far away.
My own heart, my own hands, my own will.
With your grace it’s not too late.
T’was distance that turned my heart sour, and I shall not live in fear today.
You are all that I desire, and in my final hour I will not stray from your side.
I find rest in you alone.
I am home!


Redemption: A Grief Observed
Come, now child! All of this is temporary:
I am merely a vessel bearing this curse.
And I can only run for so long.
Come now Lord, your dwelling place is now with men.
Send your rain, then open up the sky!

They say you're coming soon, but Lord, it's been so long
I'm starting to lose sight.
The solace of licking my wounds has led me to compromise my faith
In all you stood to create.

There's no sun or moon, for You will burn so bright.
We will become shadows in the warmth of your light.

I'm tired of being so thin, so in need of constant reassurance to fill the holes in my chest, and I'm cracking, I'm finally breaking. Oh, let me crumble 'till I'm nothing more than dust, and remake me to withstand myself and this separation. They say all we have is ourselves, but this is so obviously not enough. So many times I've felt like giving up and I'm holding on by my fingertips and I feel like screaming, I feel so alone. And though I've heard your voice before, for my feeble mind, I fear it is not enough.

Catch glimpse of a falling star
Illuminating the depths of our world
And burning away the pestilence of mankind.
Oh my god, send your rain!
There will be no more death or mourning, no more crying or pain.
For the old order of things has passed away. Write this down:

All of this has passed away! It is done!


The Thousand Years
Instrumental

Hey ya everyone. Here is a video and some pictures to show you how things are going in the studio. Please ignore our immaturity at points. haha.

"affliction: the witness and the advocate"

assail me and tear me in your anger
all was once well with me but I’ve lead myself here.
my pride pulls- it’s constantly beckoning me to be something that i’m not.

If I say:
"my hope is in the grave"
and to corruption, "you’re my father"
and to the worm, "you’re my mother"

If my hope is in the grave then what is left for me?

"did you forget what it takes to walk away? did you forget i will never take you past the palm of my hand?"

...and I am overcome.
what miserable comforters in the arms of sorrow.
with every wond sanctity diminished. with every scar I feel my soul retreat.

Oh, earth! do not cover my blood! May my cries never be laid to rest.

if i speak my pain, it will not be relieved,
and if i refrain, it does not go away...

"but did you forget why I’ve put you here? and do you even want to know just what it means to be alive?"

..the pull of my pride takes me away.

hello everyone!

It's been a long time since we've posted anything on here, but we have some rad news for anyone who was wondering what A Hope For Home is gonna be up to in 2008.

First off we're gonna be on a couple of little tours all through late March and April! It starts with our bros in Ameretta from March 27th through April 1st, then From Aphony from April 2nd to April 6th, then with the Roe for the rest of April. Check our page for dates as they come!

Secondly we're super stoked at how many of you have bought our record online, at a show, or whatever. You can buy it on Itunes or Smartpunk, or from us at a show. Please pick it up if you can, buy one for your friends, it helps us fill up the van with gas to get to your town so we can play!

And on that note, we are going to be going into the studio to record a brand new EP that should be out this summer! It has only been a year since we released Here, The End, but we have been writing a lot and playing those old songs for a long time, since before some of us have been in the band. Its sounding really exciting, definitely a different vibe. The album is basically going to be written around a basic concept and the music is going to follow that mood, so far its a lot darker, slower, faster, angrier, prettier, and what have you. I know thats what everyone says about their second cd but, its true.

So keep checking our page as we're going to be announcing dates for our tours and info on the record! and thank you all for your support, encouragement, love, time, and everything! god bless.

matt

So we just got done recording and mixing a new demo that is going to eventually be a part of a new project we've been dreaming up for a while. The song is called "A Grief Observed" and tells a very personal story of struggle using the Biblical book of Revelation as metaphor. This is just a little sneak peak of what is in store for the future, so get excited! But for now check out the lyrics and make sure and tell us what you think!

a grief observed

come, now child! all of this is temporary:
i am merely a vessel bearing this curse.
and i can only run for so long.
come now lord, your dwelling place is now with men.
send your rain, then open up the sky!

they say you're coming soon, but lord, its been so long and i'm starting to lose sight (the solace of licking my wounds has led me to compromise my faith in all you stood to create)!

there's no sun or moon
you will burn so bright
we will become
shadows in the warmth of your light

i'm tired of being so thin, so in need of constant reassurance to fill the holes in my chest, and i'm cracking, i'm finally breaking. oh let me crumble 'till i'm nothing more than dust and remake me to withstand myself and this separation. they say all we have is ourselves, but it is so obviously not enough. so many times i've felt like giving up and i'm holding on by my fingertips and i feel like screaming, i feel so alone. and though i've heard your voice before, ("come now child!") for my feeble mind, i fear it is not enough!

catch glimpse of a falling star illuminating the depths of our world and burning away the pestilence of mankind. oh my god! send your rain! there will be no more death or mourning, no more crying or pain. the order has passed away. write this down:

all of this has passed away! it is done!