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- Summary: The fourth full-length solo release for singer-songwriter the was produced by Blake Mills.
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- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Positive: 13 out of 14
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Mixed: 1 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Feb 8, 2017Past, present, and future rest patiently before Hoop, and she’s weaved them all into her most endearing album yet.
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Feb 8, 2017Memories Are Now is a gorgeously delivered elegy to heartbreak and loss; powerful, perfectly executed songs to bring comfort and strength to the weary, broken and scorned.
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Feb 8, 2017Memories Are Now is a composed but not utterly controlled place, and within that tension, Hoop’s music and message, together, find their highest vibrancy.
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MojoFeb 8, 2017With Memories Are Now, she understands exactly when to use the bridle and bit on these wild, wise songs. [Mar 2017, p.98]
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Feb 9, 2017Whether Memories Are Now shifts her from a cult concern, and recipient of handshakes and hugs from heavy friends, into something else remains to be seen, but there is something compellingly unique and hard to pigeonhole here.
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Feb 28, 2017Hoop has been producing thought-provoking, arresting folk music since Kismet was released nearly a decade ago, but this is her most cutting, cohesive, and critical record yet.
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Apr 17, 2017Hoop’s experimental tack often requires repeated listens, but it’s creativity and not mere quirkiness that ultimately leaves alingering afterglow.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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