The first thing you notice about singer/songwriter Jesca Hoop’s seventh full-length is how spare it sounds, each song assembled only from two or three instrumental elements and Hoop’s warm-yet-adaptive, shape-shifting voice. Then you stop hearing that sparseness, so rich does the album sound. Somewhere near a half-hour into its 40-minute running time, it hits you again, and you start wondering how the hell Memories Are Now can sound so expansive, considering its skeletal arrangements. Hoop will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our feature.
Hoop: This is just the best little kick-ass classic car. I would have it in white or brown with inside-out seams. I’m basically disenchanted with modern cars. They all look like sneakers. Boo. This little Beamer zooms around has got that reliable BMW engine and it’s just well charming as hell without being fussy.
