The Hope That Kills You

The Hope That Kills You is a studio album by the band Palm Springs. It is the band's second long-playing record, featuring earlier singles "I Start Fires" (2007), "Blood and Water" (2008) and "Free Atlas" (2009).

Track listing

 * 1) "I Start Fires" (4:04)
 * 2) "No More Shall We Be" (3:27)
 * 3) "Still Life" (3:28)
 * 4) "The Constellation" (3:45)
 * 5) "Free Atlas" (3:36)
 * 6) "Taint And Trespass" (3:09)
 * 7) "Candy Milk" (4:12)
 * 8) "Blood And Water" (3:55)
 * 9) "The Harm Still Hidden" (3:40)
 * 10) "There Is Nothing Left To Love" (4:16)
 * 11) "Bury Me Not" (5:56)

Personnel
All tracks on the album were written and performed by Cane and Russo with the following additional personnel:


 * Grant Allardyce – drums on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11; percussion on track 2
 * Jane Bartholomew – backing vocals on tracks 2, 9 and 10
 * Ellie Blackshaw – violin on tracks 4 and 9
 * Neil Cantwell – keyboards on track 11; electric guitar and percussion on track 7; piano on tracks 3–5, 7, 10 and 11
 * Sophie Greenhalgh – violin on tracks 2, 4 and 9
 * Ros Hanson – viola on tracks 2, 4 and 9
 * Gareth Herrick – backing vocals on track 3
 * Mark Jesson – cello on tracks 1, 2, 4–11; string arrangements for tracks 2, 4 and 9
 * Kah – backing vocals on tracks 1, 4, 6 and 11
 * Johny Lamb – cornet and backing vocals on track 3
 * Pete Lush – backing vocals on track 3
 * Jeffers Mayo – extra electric guitar on track 1
 * Sally Megee – backing vocals on tracks 3, 5 and 11
 * Paul Pascoe – backing vocals on tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11; electric bass on tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 10 and 11; electric guitar on tracks 4 and 5; harmonium on track 7; Moog synthesizer on track 4
 * Matt Sigley – piano and backing vocals on track 8
 * DC Cane – cover photography