Try To Be Hopeful

Try To Be Hopeful is the second studio album by Scottish band The Spook School. It was released in October 2015 by Fortuna Pop! in the UK/EU and Slumberland Records in the US.

Try To Be Hopeful
Studio album by The Spook School
Released	9 October 2015
Studio	Suburban Home, Leeds Soup Studio, London
Length	33:41
Label	Fortuna Pop! (UK) Slumberland Records (US)
Producer	Matthew 'MJ' Johnson
The Spook School chronology
Dress Up (2013) Try To Be Hopeful (2015) Could It Be Different? (2018)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Clash	8/10[3]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[4]
Pitchfork	7.2/10.0[5]
MusicOMH	[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Burn Masculinity"	2:02
2.	"Richard and Judy"	2:59
3.	"Friday Night"	3:12
4.	"Speak When You're Spoken To"	3:27
5.	"August 17th"	2:38
6.	"Everybody Needs to Be in Love"	3:33
7.	"Vicious Machine"	2:59
8.	"I Want to Kiss You"	2:51
9.	"Books and Hooks and Movements"	1:49
10.	"Binary"	3:15
11.	"Try to Be Hopeful"	4:46

References

1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
2. Sendra, Tim. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
3. Scott, Hayley (12 October 2015). "Clash Review". Clash. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
4. Brown, Paul (7 October 2015). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned In Sound. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
5. Moreland, Quinn (1 December 2015). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
6. Raymond, Max (9 October 2015). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved 18 April 2019.