The Kiss, The Hope is the second full-length album by Norwegian metal band Lengsel, released on Whirlwind Records in December 2006.

The album was a stylistical change on the band's musical direction, representing more of a sludge metal style.

After the release of Extol's The Blueprint Dives and the following tour, Ole Halvard Sveen, Tor Magne S. Glidje and John Robert Mjåland returned to their Lengsel project six years after Solace and began work for the second album.

During 2006, the band set up a Myspace profile where they hinted that they would take a more garage rock and hardcore punk oriented direction while keeping some elements of their black metal roots.

"Åndenød – The Easy Kill" consists of industrial noise sounds and "Tales of Lost Love" is jazz-influenced, while "The Pale People" is a gothic rock or post-punk song reminiscent of The Cure with Robert Smith type vocals and echoed, dark guitars.