Jesca Hoop
Jesca Hoop (born Jessica Ada Hoop on 21 April 1975) is an American singer-s… Read Full Bio ↴Jesca Hoop (born Jessica Ada Hoop on 21 April 1975) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who writes and performs in diverse musical styles.
Hoop has lived all over the map, and her rich life experience is reflected in her distinctive voice and natural gift for inventive song craft. She learned to sing at an early age, harmonising with her musical Mormon family in northern California. She began writing highly idiosyncratic songs at the age of 14 to keep her company on her long walks to school. At 16, Hoop broke away from her strict upbringing and began what she calls her 'life as a racoon', off the grid & close to nature. Rambling through the high mountain deserts of the Southwest and along the coastlines of the Northwest, she worked as a wilderness survival guide and chalked up skills in farming, surveying, and carpentry. Her songwriting continued throughout, shared on porches, in deep river canyons and around campfires.
In 2004 the desire to share these songs on a broader scale set in. She settled in Los Angeles, where she honed her songwriting craft and developed a reputation as a unique and beguiling live performer of real substance. Though she now resides in Manchester, England, Hoop returned to Los Angeles to record her third album, The House That Jack Built.
Jesca has quite the collection of fans in high places: Tom Waits described her music as being "like a four sided coin. She is an old soul, like a black pearl, a good witch or red moon. Her music is like going swimming in a lake at night". Peter Gabriel took her to South America to sing with him, and in recent years she has been hand picked to play as support on tour for Eels, Andrew Bird, Punch Brothers, Shearwater and Elbow: Elbow's Guy Garvey has even had her do stints as guest presenter on his BBC radio show, to great reception.
The follow up to 2009's critically acclaimed Hunting My Dress, "The House That Jack Built" displays a striking duality: light and dark, head and heart, it juxtaposes the macabre and visceral with a disarmingly candid intimacy. The resulting combination is powerfully evocative, with overarching themes of biology, nature and humanity - Hoop's stone-turning observations are mired in the equal beauty and violence of a nature that, for her, is clearly red in tooth and claw.
Hoop has lived all over the map, and her rich life experience is reflected in her distinctive voice and natural gift for inventive song craft. She learned to sing at an early age, harmonising with her musical Mormon family in northern California. She began writing highly idiosyncratic songs at the age of 14 to keep her company on her long walks to school. At 16, Hoop broke away from her strict upbringing and began what she calls her 'life as a racoon', off the grid & close to nature. Rambling through the high mountain deserts of the Southwest and along the coastlines of the Northwest, she worked as a wilderness survival guide and chalked up skills in farming, surveying, and carpentry. Her songwriting continued throughout, shared on porches, in deep river canyons and around campfires.
In 2004 the desire to share these songs on a broader scale set in. She settled in Los Angeles, where she honed her songwriting craft and developed a reputation as a unique and beguiling live performer of real substance. Though she now resides in Manchester, England, Hoop returned to Los Angeles to record her third album, The House That Jack Built.
Jesca has quite the collection of fans in high places: Tom Waits described her music as being "like a four sided coin. She is an old soul, like a black pearl, a good witch or red moon. Her music is like going swimming in a lake at night". Peter Gabriel took her to South America to sing with him, and in recent years she has been hand picked to play as support on tour for Eels, Andrew Bird, Punch Brothers, Shearwater and Elbow: Elbow's Guy Garvey has even had her do stints as guest presenter on his BBC radio show, to great reception.
The follow up to 2009's critically acclaimed Hunting My Dress, "The House That Jack Built" displays a striking duality: light and dark, head and heart, it juxtaposes the macabre and visceral with a disarmingly candid intimacy. The resulting combination is powerfully evocative, with overarching themes of biology, nature and humanity - Hoop's stone-turning observations are mired in the equal beauty and violence of a nature that, for her, is clearly red in tooth and claw.
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Jesca Hoop Lyrics
"Money" Money money makes the world go round money money'll make you…
01 Tear I sat him down at the table, I pushed in…
All Time Low Hopeless, with darkness, he sleeps in her bed And darkness f…
Angel Mom Today on my birthday You were home when I arrived You were…
Animal Kingdom Chaotic Why would we find the poets I just work your computer…
Bed Across The Sea My light Is hard as fuck And just is as about to…
Big Fish I've made up my mind I?m leavin' this town I?m leavin' thi…
Born To Held all within these flesh walls Pair of dice and domino …
City Bird City bird City bird Fly away From my window From my wind…
Cut Connection I'm living the dream In the dream I'm buried alive Two bed,…
D.N.R. Winter’s dark morning woke my dad The diabetic didn’t feel …
Death Row Narrowly, I escaped inevitable utter And total ruin, though …
Deeper Devastation I don’t trust anyone Not you And the closer you come Deep…
Dig This Record Dig this record Dig this record now Dig it like you never…
Dreams in the Hollow Why do we Want to be Ballerinas when we grow up When we…
Enemy Beautiful Alone with my enemy And share a bitter cup Of p…
Fixit Men You got to keep them fix-it men fed you get You…
Four Dreams Come and bring your stereo Come and bring your stereo And …
Free of the Feeling When the ringing bell falls deaf, we go look for…
Havoc in Heaven Red ribbon on which we ride Carry us over horizon as…
Hospital Just my luck Today’s the day Man, that hurt Its worth the…
Hunting My Dress And the tall trees all have fell down And they scattered…
Intelligentactile 101 Can I borrow your bones and marrow Till I get my…
Life Within a Life They come and they go, my woes and my joy I…
Love and Love Again Comes the sun Heaven's rays And the stormers are gone And…
Love is All We Have The night before the night she came Katrina the hurricane …
Memories Are Now Memories are now Memories are now I was not there I won't b…
Money Money, money makes the world go round Money, money'll make …
Murder Of Birds I'm not a bird I'm a murder of birds Shifting my shape Wh…
My Boo In my chest I have a cage Wrapped with a golden wreath In…
Ode To Banksy My pencil is dull, my pencil is dull There's not much…
Out The Back Door I wanna rock the house Watch the roof go bump Watch the…
Outside of Eden Come, shut-in boys for the girlfriend experience Enter the c…
Pack Animal In the mirror The mirror There you are again Wearing my g…
Passage's End There's a house in the middle of the ocean You can…
Peacemaker Put on your peacemaker blue Warrior warrior Powder horn …
Pegasi You've found a map to my heart It lead you to…
Red white and black Take the old man to the river's mercy Wearing his father's…
Rêves Dans Le Creux Et pourquoi on veux toutes etre ballerines Quand on s’ra gr…
Seed of Wonder Once my love stood still Like a stagnant Well for so long,…
Silver Screen Stolen crown, pillow down All tangled in my head Evening gow…
Snowglobe In the deep Wyoming snow Water runs over rocks Like blood …
Songs of Old Turn the key in the iron lock Of the old oak…
Storms Make Grey The Sea You sit out there Did you know what you were in…
Summertime Corn is gettin high And the well is getting low Fields are…
The House That Jack Built I carried a bag of rock and stone full of…
The Kingdom All of the fallen on the ground Hollarin ground I lay down…
The Lost Sky I walk the dark star, the lost sky Searching for your…
Time Capsule The time capsule we buried in the yard Is brittle rust…
Tulip Ada, my rarest bud from the desert valley Your hair of…
When I'm Asleep When im asleep you gotta bring the bread to the table you…
While You Were Away While you were away You were away I made Bricks of bread …
Whispering Light I will walk the road as long as the road…
Wintersong Early in the year Feeling Fade away Something has clearly…