Hope & Ruin is the fourth full-length studio album by Canadian rock band the Trews. It was released in Canada on April 12, 2011, and it peaked at number nine on the Canadian Albums Chart.

Track listing

Personnel Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

The Trews Colin MacDonald – lead vocals, guitar, keys John-Angus MacDonald – guitars, backing vocals Jack Syperek – bass, backing vocals Sean Dalton – drums and percussion, backing vocals

Additional musicians Jeff Heisholt – keys Gord Sinclair – harmonica ("Love Is The Real Thing"), bass ("The World, I Know"), acoustic guitar ("Dreaming Man") Erika Nielson – cello ("If You Wanna Start Again" and "You Gotta Let Me In") Kate MacDonald and Peggy Dalton – backing vocals ("You Gotta Let Me In")

Production Aaron Holmberg – engineer Nyles Spencer – assistant engineer Mike Fraser – mixing (The Warehouse Studio)

Artwork Ryan Hryciuk – packaging design Kayla Rocca – "Hope" photo David Bastedo – band photo

References

External links The Trews Official website