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From the Blue House by Lauren Hoffman
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fave it Folky Pop | Americana
12 tracks | 43 minutes
Released Apr 2006
on Free Union
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:31 Heavy Scene lyrics BUY MP3 03:31 Heavy Scene lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:31 Heavy Scene
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:07 Bring You Down lyrics BUY MP3 04:07 Bring You Down lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:07 Bring You Down
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:41 Dust Off Your Dreams lyrics BUY MP3 02:41 Dust Off Your Dreams lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:41 Dust Off Your Dreams
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"'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
Bio / Background
When I made "From the Blue House", I was already disenchanted with my label (Virgin). Their corporate mentality, their lack of support of my first album, "Megiddo", and the high-personnel turnoever that left me without allies in their offices let me know that no matter what I did in the studio this time, they weren't going to do any better of a job than they had the first time around. But I found a kind of freedom in that, and I decided to make exactly the kind of record I felt like making.
After being very anti- anything folky or acoustic for many years, I had discovered the beautiful dark subtlety of Elliott Smith's albums, and had begun a deep romance with sparse organic sounds. To record "From the Blue House" I built an all-analog (no computers) studio in rural Virginia and had local musicians from Charlottesville and Richmond back me up. Instead of overdubbing, we would record as a band, capturing the vibe and feel of a room full of people playing together.
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