MEMORIES ARE NOW (INCLUDES DOWNLOAD CARD)

Vinyl LP pressing with digital download. Jesca Hoop wastes no time in making clear its confidence, confrontation, and craftsmanship. The stark and reverberant title track opens the album with oa fighting spirit,o 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 BergAEs Zeitgeist Studios where she and Mills were mentored. Says Hoop, oBlake 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 TonyAEs wing.o 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. oIt's still covered in embryonic fluid, for lack of a better way to put it,o says Hoop.