''Snowglobe'' is an EP by

Jesca Hoop Jessica "Jesca" Ada Hoop (born April 21, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, who writes and performs in diverse musical styles. She has released six studio albums of her own, as well as live, acoustic and dual albums with other ...

, self-released through Last Laugh records on March 7, 2011. It was recorded after the artist moved to

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, England, although the material was written largely prior to the move. It contains four new songs, supplemented by two acoustic renditions of previously released songs. The track 'City Bird' was released as a free download on January 26, 2011,'City Bird' video
released March 9th, 2011 while the album was followed by a UK tour."Glasswerk"
Laura Johnson, 'Jesca Hoop To Release New EP', ''Glasswerk'', January 28, 2011. Hoop described the experiences of living in downtown LA in ‘City Bird’ where she found that “the block I moved onto was lined with these cardboard houses and people sleeping in doorways", which was contrasted with “expresses my absolute love for home” in ‘While You Were Away’. A left-over from her previous album

Hunting My Dress ''Hunting My Dress'' is a 2009 album by Jesca Hoop, with most of the material written and recorded after the artist moved to Manchester, England. The album was written over the course of eighteen months and described as an 'unlikely weaving of hi ...

, the song ‘Snowglobe’ referred to her mother's funeral which she “would have put ..the album to accompany the other two songs that I wrote for her, but the truth is that I could not sing it with out getting choked up”. The regular a cappella curtain-closer for her live-shows, ‘Storms Make Grey the Sea’ was written "by the sea". Although describing them as folk songs, Hoop maintained that while "folk tends to go towards your intellect, he also wants totap into how your body relates to music"."Guardian 2011"
Maddy Costa, 'Jesca Hoop: 'I used to live under a tree', ''The Guardian'', April 6, 2011.

Critical reception

The album received some critical acclaim, with Drowned in Sound calling it "a concise but precise chapter in the Hoop story","DiS review"
Lauren Strain, 'Ep Review: Jesca Hoop - Snowglobe EP', ''Drowned in Sound'', April 5, 2011. while the NME described it as an 'deceptively opaque EP'."NME review"
Simon Jay Catling, 'Album Review: Jesca Hoop - Snowglobe Review', ''NME'', March 30, 2011. The Guardian explained that "musically at least, is simpler and starker. The focus is on Hoop's otherworldly voice (...) while cello and guitar wisp around her".

Track listing

Personnel

* Jesca Hoop – vocals, guitar, piano, percussion * Jon Thorne – double bass (track 1) * Sophia Lineman – cello (track 1) * Sam Morris – French horn (track 1) * Tim Thomas – percussion (track 3) * Jim Wallace – guitar (track 4) * Rebecca Stephens – backing vocals (track 4) * Zoe Chiotis – backing vocals (track 4) * Dave Jay – musical box, vibraphone, guitars ;Technical personnel * Paul Mortlock – engineering, production (tracks 1,2) & mastering * Mano McGlaughlin – production (track 3) * Tim Thomas – engineering, mixing (track 3) * Matt Killerby – engineering, mixing (track 4 and 6 (mixing) * Marcus Alexander – engineering, mixing (track 5) * Dave Jay – production, arrangement (track 5) * Katell Sevellec – vocal coach (track 5) * Jason Looney – engineering (track 6) ;Design * Melanie Knott – design * Frank Ockenfels – photography

References

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