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	• Through the Devil Softly Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions Nettwerk Records, 2009 average customer review:based on 18 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A different dream state for Hope Sandoval...

I first stumbled across the name of Hope Sandoval during a jaunt around the U.S. in '94. In one of those little moments of regret, I had passed a record store in L.A. where Mazzy Star was promoting their new album. I seem to recall it cost $10 to go in or something (though that may be the haze of time...) so I kept walking. Oh, if only...

Anyhow, I opted to see some Morphine shows, one in Austin and one in Seattle, rather than Mazzy Star (they seemed to be traveling the same circuit that year) but Mazzy Star's music is one of those beacons of memory from that time. It still takes me right back there.

Dabbled in her solo output over the years but missed that dreamy, psychedelic inducing state of mind of her music as Mazzy Star. Have been dabbling in this one as well but am growing more and more convinced of its brilliance.

Mazzy Star this isn't. And that, it turns out, is a very good thing. Oh, there is a dreamy state to the music, inevitable, of course, because of her voice. But the instrumentation is much more acoustic, walking a fine line between country and classical, with the occasional appearance of strings. It might be argued that there is a subtle psychedelic edge but that may just be based more on expectation and history than the music itself.

Because of this, her voice actually shines and is not so morphed into the music as some of her earlier output.

Don't expect Mazzy Star (though if you don't know Mazzy Star, their music is required listening).

Just allow this music to play and you too will find yourself into the comfortable lull, hypnotic in its effect, of her voice. As much as "The Warm Inventions" is the band, it is Hope Sandoval in the end that carries the appeal.

By the way, she appears on the new Massive Attack album as well.

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Hope Sandoval has a very soothing, mysterious voice which she pairs up with complementary arrangements. You could zone out the music if you weren't paying attention or experience something very hypnotic and lovely. I like this a lot.

Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions

Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions do it again! Spooky and cool all at the same time. Nice guitar work and as always theres Hope.

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Heaven on your mind

If you would like to spend a little time in heaven please put this CD on.
From the process of buying my music at Salvation army stores, Goodwill stores, Flea markets and Garage sales I have amassed alittle over 1200 Cds. This Cd (Through The Devil Softly) is at the top of the bill.
What a voice this lady has, she makes the angels anvious.
I was at a party on Sat. night and everyone was floored by it.

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Fairly decent dark pop/alternative country album

This is a good album, it's well thought out and realised. You get the impression that Hope Sandoval is one who expresses herself and communicates best through her music, and although I don't have any of her other works (including those by Mazzy Star) I would consider myself a fan of her music, and the way through which she conducts herself. Quite a solid album, although it feels as though it meanders about itself between its songs every now and again, something that afflicts even the most accomplished of songwriters. For those unfamiliar with Hope's works, this album at least reminds me of a darker/poppier version of Bonnie "Prince" Billy's most recent stuff.

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Since the release of Mazzy Star s debut album She Hangs Brightly, Hope Sandoval has defined the sound
and style of California psychedelic dream pop. The world took notice when the surprise breakthrough
single, Fade Into You, hit the airwaves and heavy rotation at MTV. Sandoval s trademark vocals and
beauty helped to make her a modern day music icon. Now the revered singer returns with her long awaited
post-Mazzy Star sophomore album, Through The Devil Softly.
Since her time with Mazzy Star, the sought after vocalist has collaborated with artists from across the
musical landscape: The Jesus & Mary Chain, Air, Death in Vegas, The Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack
and Bert Jansch.

In 2001 she joined Colm Ó Cíosóig (of My Bloody Valentine), and backing Irish band Dirt Blue Gene, to
form Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions, and released their debut Bavarian Fruit Bread.
Now on Through The Devil Softly, the definitive star of the Paisley Underground scene reignites her
trademark sound in an epic journey across the 11 song album. The project continues the laid-back, slowcore
sound they are renowned for and places Sandoval s sensuous, hypnotic voice in the forefront. Recorded at
home in Berkley, the spare, subtle arrangements reinforce Sandoval s gentle vocal style.

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