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Recommended by us on 25th September 2009
...according to our Brett on Fri 25 Sep, 2009.
Hope Sandoval is back with her Warm Inventions (most notably featuring My Bloody Valentine's Colm O'Ciosoig) after bloody ages. Despite the wait very little has changed, that unmistakable voice comes in and Through The Devil Softly could pretty much be on any record she's been involved with since the early 90s with its spacious yet hyper-intimate arrangements and soporific, opiated style (although her solo stuff has always been more stripped down than Mazzy Star).. Quite probably exactly what you want to hear if you're a fan. The quality sounds right up there but it's not quite engaging with me the way I'd like.. Then again, looking at Discogs it's nine years since 'At The Doorway Again' came out which feels like a lifetime ago (I was probably at school then, for Christ's sake) so maybe I just want something a little different these days.Long awaited second album by duo of Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) and Colm Ó Cíosóig (My Bloody Valentine)
Ever since the release of Mazzy Star’s debut album She Hangs Brightly, Hope Sandoval has defined the sound and style of Californian psychedelic dream pop, her natural beauty and trademark sultry vocals on songs such as Fade Into You and Into Dust (currently soundtracking a Virgin Mobile TV and cinema campaign) helping to make her a modern day music icon.
Having collaborated in recent years with acts such as The Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack, Air, Jesus & Mary Chain, Death In Vegas and Bert Jansch, the revered singer finally returns with her long awaited post-Mazzy Star sophomore album, Through The Devil Softly, in partnership with Colm Ó Cíosóig of My Bloody Valentine.
Mazzy Star song ‘Into Dust’ is currently soundtracking Virgin Mobile TV and cinema ad campaign, while ‘Wild Roses’ from the new album has been used by Air France in a recent TV and cinema ad campaign
Tracks: Blanchard / Wild Roses / For The Rest Of Your Life / Lady Jessica and Sam / Sets The Blaze / Thinking Like That / There’s A Window / Trouble / Fall Aside / Blue Bird / Satellite
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