Hopefield is tagged as: emo, rock, indie, pit, saw in concert
Started in a dorm room at UC Irvine in October 2004 from laptops demos of Andrew Capra (ex Halfway To Nowhere). Roommate Mark Mikin started working with Capra. They recruited Jojo Casillas (ex Thirty Two) for drums, and dorm-mate Marlo Pabon for guitar. In January 2005 the band recorded a 2-track demo with Robert Lerdsuwanrut (ex Broken Front) in Covina, CA @ Ample Studios, and decided to recruit him on lead guitar in place of Pabon. The band played its first show February 18, 2005 at a smoothie shop in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
On May 13, 2005 the group released “Pictographs”, a self recorded EP. That summer the band went on the road with Forgive Durden and The Stiletto Formal, also playing shows outside the Los Angeles homebase. The band’s second home was in San Francisco, as Hopefield retained many fans from Capra’s band Halfway To Nowhere. As 2006 approached, the band began preproduction with producer/engineer Paul Miner (Death By Stereo, Thrice, New Found Glory, Eisley), and wrote what became “Before You Go”. The EP was released in the Spring with a big show at the band’s home venue, Chain Reaction in Anaheim. Post-release the band did many trips to Northern California, and a few more Arizona shows. The band’s efforts were note...
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