Name: Hope For The Hopeless
Brand: Brett Dennen

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

1425 D

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Discs

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2008-10-21

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Signed copies: No

Supplier US

WEA /­ ADA

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

803020142527

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Brett Dennen

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

north californian singer-songwriter brett dennen releases his new album 'hope for the hopeless' through downtown / cooperative music. the album is preceded by the release of the album track 'make you crazy', a collaboration with femi kuti, as a single. 'hope for the hopeless' contains eleven narrative rich songs. the track 'ain't gonna lose you' was featured on grey's anatomy and subsequently topped the itunes folk charts. themes of frustration buffered by optimism are consistent throughout; 'san francisco' is an up-tempo response to heartbreak, whilst 'heaven,' which dennen describes as "the whole album in one song", is about "being consumed with day-to-day struggles and trying to remember that things can get better." five years ago, dennen was a camp-side counsellor who played guitar, wrote songs and performed fireside. with a self-made album, he began playing coffee shops along the west coast of america and gradually gathered a devoted following. a modest independent record deal led to his 2006 break-through album, so much more, which attracted the attention of music critics as well as established artists, including michael franti and john mayer, who said, "he's timeless. he's probably twenty-five but he seems like he's twenty-five in 1972". dennen spent much of his childhood in the californian wilderness hiking, camping and learning survival skills. his thoughts on human rights and environmentalism are apparent in his lyrics and lifestyle. he created an organization called love speaks which provides local activists and charities with a stage - his own - where they can spread their message. dennen is also a part of the mosaic project, a san francisco bay area-based non-profit organization, which works towards a peaceful future by uniting young children of diverse backgrounds. as the mosaic project's songwriter dennen created an original musical curriculum for the program, which was released as an album called 'children's songs for a better world'.

Hope For The Hopeless

Music US