  
The past 12 months have been a bit of a rollercoaster
ride for Hold The Fight as back in 2012 a member
of the band departed leaving the band quickly
dropping into a three piece, and luckily after
a bit of time getting used to the line up change
the band were motivated and started work on their
mini album ‘With A Breath And A Hope’
and soon headed into the studio with Matt O’Grady
to complete work on the mini album which they
are now gearing up to release.
‘With A Breath And A Hope’ features
6 tracks and runs for just under 15 minutes with
each track clocking in at just under 3 minutes,
the mini album opens with ‘How Many Times
Man, I’m Not Ceaser’ the song oozes
in pop punk catchiness and the lead vocals from
Laurie Cottingham and backing shouts from Will
Goldsmith work wonders, instrumentally the song
is very progressive as Laurie Cottingham, Will
Goldsmith and Jamie Thomas come together to lay
down some solid guitar riffs, basslines and drum
beats.
‘Eleanor’ is very similar to the opening
track in the way that the instrumental work is
very progressive sounding and pleasing on the
ears. ‘Baby You Be The Architect’
is a very average sounding pop-punk number. ‘Who’s
Game For Another One Line Adventure’ is
very fast and loud sounding with some of the best
guitar work the mini album has to offer. ‘We
Will Sink Your Battleship’ see’s Hold
The Fight go down the post-hardcore route with
a noisy little number, whilst ‘Face It Kid,
You Can’t Build A Bridge Out Of Algebra’
features massive sounding gang vocals.
Hold The Fight are a promising band who have created
a good mini album in ‘With A Breath And
A Hope’, it’s not going to set the
pop punk scene alight but it is well worth a listen.
3.5/5
Review by Trigger
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