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gaesteliste (in german), feb, 2006 the hook - the hot seat, 9.15.05 the hook - facetime, 9.10.03 only angels have wings, 1.31.02 comes with a smile, summer 2000 the chickenfish speaks, summer 1999 electric light, june, 1999 Reviews and Blurbs
the irish times LAUREN HOFFMAN Choreography Fargo **** "This album kind of slides into your affections. Its opening track, Broken, is an achingly beautiful slice of romantic regret set against a backdrop of twinkling musical invention, all echoes and floating notes. And it doesn't end there. This is American Lauren Hoffman's third album but the first to reach these ears. And if the references are obvious - a slightly less uptight Laura Veirs, a more upfront Beth Gibbons - the music is no less memorable for that. On her website (www.forlauren.com), Hoffman cites the spirit of Jeff Buckley, and there is certainly mystery and passion aplenty in tracks such as White Sheets, Solipsist and the chamber pop of Love Gone Wrong. Apparently Hoffman lost her way on her first two albums; she has regained it here." - joe breen allmusic.com "Returning to the dark, swirling atmospherics of her debut, the moody and gorgeous Choreography ups the ante with layers of textured production, sampling a potpourri of styles and handling them all with equal aplomb... The slinky disc-opener, "Broken," should by all rights be a huge radio hit. On top of a sensuous, vaguely sinister beat, keyboard washes, synth bleats and atmospheric guitar lines from Timo Ellis (Cibo Matto), Hoffman's opening couplet -- "You're a little bit damaged/I'm a sucker for that" -- carries the freighted promise of intimate confession, which the rest of the record delivers over and over.... Choreography may concern itself with the hard lessons learned from the dance of love, but it's also about an artist reaching an impressive musical maturity." - john schacht upstage magazine "Lauren Hoffman's new album Choreography, her first studio album in 5 years, is without a doubt, her best work to date... filled with spacey keys, eerie strings, dreamy vocals and reads like a Chinese puzzle: intricate, layered, and complex, but all at once an expression of imagination and ingenuity. The album has a very ghostlike feel... like it's the testament of a spirit that needs to resolve something before it can lie at peace for eternity." - leo zacchari the new york times "Ms. Hoffman makes moody and sexy pop songs." - ben ratliff the boston phoenix "One of the finest major-label debuts from a new rock artist this year. Fueled by a slow-burning fusion of sultry, not sulky, surrealist confessionals, skewed roots pop, and darkly smoldering vocals, Hoffman's Megiddo stands out from the crowd." - matt ashare CMJ "Gushing with soul and sexuality, her fragile, burning voice breathes a filigree of melody over guitar lines, which drift like falling leaves... Ms. Hoffman's skills as a singer/songwriter merit a special place, where PJ Harvey's quieter side and Billie Holiday's soul-stirring blues connect" - steve savoca allmusic.com "If Lauren Hoffman's debut Megiddo was like exploring a dark old manor, From the Blue House is stepping outside onto the porch in the midst of a beautiful spring day. Tracks like "Bring You Down," "Dust Off Your Dreams," and "Song For a Boy" manage to combine Hoffmann's penchant for melody and groove with her strange dark lyrical slant. It is obvious that the artistic freedom she now has paid off in spades. A great soundtrack for a big sky (4.5 out of 5 stars)" - chris true details "This twenty-year-old Virginia chanteuse knows how to tell a story and weave a spell." new yorker "Hoffman is the real thing" |