Please answer the following question: Information: - Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century, first as books of individual 78rpm records, then from 1948 as vinyl LP records played at rpm. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though in the 21st century album sales have mostly focused on compact disc (CD) and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl. - Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure. The lead is the featured guitar, which usually plays single-note-based lines or double-stops. In rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz, punk, fusion, some pop, and other music styles, lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays rhythm guitar, which consists of accompaniment chords and riffs. - A Band in Hope ( formerly The Mad Silentist ) is the third studio album by The Matches and was released on March 15 , 2008 in Australia and Europe and March 18 , 2008 in the US . Like their previous album Decomposer , A Band in Hope features multiple producers , though fewer this time around . According to frontman Shawn Harris ' blog , the album was created in a period of despair due to the record sales of Decomposer . Instead of following up with the sister album titled The Mad Silentist , the band scrapped many of the old songs ( only 4 remain in the final cut ) and re-wrote the album . The new album , as Harris states , sways between hope and despair , and the hope one gets when they feel disillusioned and abandoned . - Pop punk (also known as punk-pop) is a punk rock music genre and a fusion genre that combines elements of punk rock with elements of pop music. Pop punk typically combines fast punk rock tempos, power chord changes and loud, distorted electric guitars with pop-influenced melodies and lyrical themes. - Epitaph Records is a Hollywood-based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record label. Gurewitz took the name from a King Crimson song of the same name. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s most of the bands on Epitaph were punk and pop punk groups, while there are many post-hardcore and bands signed to the label as well. A large portion of the record label, known as Hellcat Records, is owned by Tim Armstrong, frontman of the punk rock band Rancid. Several sister-labels also exist, such as ANTI-, Burning Heart Records, Fat Possum Records, Hellcat Records and Heart & Skull Records that have signed other types of bands. - The Matches is an American pop punk band formed in 1997 in Oakland, California. The band is composed of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Shawn Harris, lead guitarist and backup vocalist Jonathan Devoto, bassist Justin San Souci, and drummer Matt Whalen. The Matches have released three studio albums and are currently unsigned after their contract with Epitaph Records expired. - Shawn Harris (born June 24, 1982) was the lead singer and guitarist for pop punk group The Matches. He is an artist and has done the art for several albums, including Matchbook Romance's "Voices" and Bayside's "Shudder". He was born in Berkeley, California, and attended Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland. He is a strict vegan and has appeared on PETA's YouTube channel to explain why he chose this eating lifestyle. He has mentioned many times that his goal in music is to write the best song ever, and he believes that Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is the best song ever. After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'a band in hope' exhibits the relationship of 'record label'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - 1982 - album - burning heart records - epitaph - epitaph records - independent record label - labels - loud - melody - pop - record
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epitaph records