Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Jesca Hoop wastes no time in making clear it's confidence, confrontation, and craftsmanship. The stark and reverberant title track opens the album with Incha fighting spirit,Inch says Hoop, serving as an anthem to push through any obstacle and put forth your very best work. And she has unequivocally done that here, with an album of stunningly original songs-minimalist yet brimming with energy, emerging from a wealth of life experience, great emotional depth, and years of honing the craft of singing. As riveting as it is reflective, the album, produced by Blake Mills (Fiona Apple, Alabama Shakes), is a fresh debut of sorts for Hoop, as the first of her solo records made outside of Tony Berg's Zeitgeist Studios where she and Mills were mentored. Says Hoop, InchBlake is so utterly musical and emotionally intelligent in his expression. I wanted to see what we could do, just he and I out from under Tony's wing.Inch Mills pushed her to strip away layers, keeping it as close to the live experience as possible, using whole live takes and working very quickly. InchIt's still covered in embryonic fluid, for lack of a better way to put it,Inch says Hoop. Album Tracks 1. Memories Are Now 2. The Lost Sky 3. Animal Kingdom Chaotic 4. Simon Says 5. Cut Connection 6. Songs of Old 7. Unsaid 8. Pegasi 9. The Coming