Lauren Hoffman
Bright, precocious singer/songwriter Lauren Hoffman jammed a whole lot of life experience into the 17 years of her life before she began playing in a band. Raised by a musical family on a farm in rural Virginia (and for a time in an ashram), she began interning in high school for the then nearly famous Dave Matthews at his label/merchandising company, Bama Rags. There she met Shannon Worrell, who had an independent album out that Bama Rags was helping to distribute. Worrell encouraged Hoffmann to play with her, and eventually Hoffmann joined the band that would become September 67.
The band grew increasingly professional, prompting the overcommitted Hoffman to quit. Working with September 67 had introduced her to the folks at Sound of Music, the Richmond, Virginia studio that was co-owned by Cracker's David Lowery. Hoffmann began working with Lowery to record her first EP, The Chemist Said It Would Be Alright But I've Never Been the Same (1997, Pitch-a-Tent Records). However, before that album was finished, Hoffmann had taken much of the material and remixed it in a West Coast studio with producer Ethan Johns. The result was her first full-length release, Megiddo, which came out in 1997. The album was released to stellar reviews, and Virgin Records France put a lot of energy into promoting it, turning Hoffmann into a cult hit in France. The album languished in the U.S., though, partly because its release followed Tidal by Fiona Apple, which also featured a young, pretty, angst-ridden post-teen.
The resulting stress caused Hoffmann to take some time off from recording, terminate her label contract, and fire her managers. She regrouped in 1999 and recorded another album, From the Blue House, for Free Union Records. It was a long wait until the moody and gorgeous Choreography arrived in 2006, followed by Interplanetary Traveler in 2010. After another lull, Hoffman reappeared with two new solo EPs in 2015, rebranded as the Secret Storm. A Secret Storm full-length, Family Ghost, followed in 2017.
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13 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Choreography
Pop - Paru chez Lauren Hoffman Music le 17 janv. 2006
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Interplanetary Traveler
Pop - Paru chez Lauren Hoffman Music le 1 déc. 2010
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Choreographic
Pop - Paru chez Lauren Hoffman Music le 19 mars 2021
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From the Blue House (Deluxe)
Pop - Paru chez Lauren Hoffman Music le 25 déc. 2019
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Megiddo (Deluxe)
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Lauren Hoffman Music le 5 mars 2021
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Megiddo
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Lauren Hoffman Music le 20 mai 1997
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The Secret Storm
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Lauren Hoffman Music le 6 janv. 2017
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Mercury Girls
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Lauren Hoffman Music le 8 nov. 2019
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My Evil Twin
Pop - Paru chez Lauren Hoffman Music le 16 oct. 2020
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The Chemical (Pandemic Remix)
Électronique - Paru chez Lauren Hoffman Music le 31 mars 2020
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Mercury Girls (Acoustic)
Pop - Paru chez Lauren Hoffman Music le 28 janv. 2020
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Between Dreaming and the Blues
Pop - Paru chez Lauren Hoffman Music le 20 nov. 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo