Fort Hope

If their name doesn’t make it clear enough, Fort Hope want to be a force for good. They want their music to be a powerful source of positivity. And yes, they want to inspire a sense of hope in everyone who listens to them. That’s been their mission since forming in 2013. In that short amount of time, the Hertfordshire-based trio – Jon Gaskin (vocals, guitar and piano), Jamie Nicholls (drums) and Simon Rowlands (bass) – have toured with Mallory Knox, Moose Blood, My Chemical Romance’s Frank Iero and Jimmy Eat World, were nominated for ‘Best British Newcomer’ at last year’s Relentless Kerrang! Awards and played the Pit Stage at Reading and Leeds Festival. Previous single ‘Plans’ was also Radio 1’s ‘Track Of The Day.’

The three of them have been playing together for over a decade, but with Fort Hope, their drive is now more focused than ever before. That’s clear from listening to their heart-wrenching, highly emotive music, which strives to break boundaries and straddle genres. As such, Fort Hope are incredibly versatile songwriters – they take each track one at a time, and so their songs can be anthemic, they can be heavy and they can be fragile and graceful.