"Post-rock is a genre that can be difficult to pull off convincingly. When it is done right the music is at once grand and understated, generating immense power and force through slow and spacious arrangements. Hopewood, a young band from Sheffield UK, have a few tricks up their sleeves for bringing this elusive quality to their own brand of the genre. Beyond the obligatory guitar, bass and drums, Hopewood's eight members include three playing Cello, Violin and Viola. These elements give them the rich, ambitious edge filling out their music and preventing them from ever sounding hollow. On their self titled debut EP, Hopewood have borrowed from some of the masters of shoe-gazing such as Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky and delivered three tracks of epic post-rock which effectively demonstrate their talent and potential...Hopewood show with this debut that they are serious and very capable of constructing diverse, emotional soundscapes." --Halo 17