New Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - "Blanchard"

Mazzy Star are still together and close to finishing their fourth record, but since 1996's Among My Swan vocalist Hope Sandoval has been productive on her own, releasing an album with the Warm Inventions in 2001, and another now in 2009, along with a host of contributions to artists you love (Air, Chem Bros, Jesus & Mary Chain, etc.). The Warm Inventions are Hope and Colm Ó Cíosóig (who went from ex-My Bloody Valentine drummer to just plain old My Bloody Valentine drummer after that band's recent reunion), and the followup to their debut Bavarian Fruit Salad is titled Through The Devil Softly and is out this fall. The first MP3 to surface is the softly howling, heavy-lidded "Blanchard," Hope's voice sounding tenderly narcotic as ever.

Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - "Blanchard" (MP3)

Through The Devil Softly is out 9/15 via Nettwerk. Hope's and the Warm Inventions are planning a US tour this fall. Keep you posted.

Posted at 4:54 PM by amrit in MP3
Tags: Colm Ó Cíosóig | Hope Sandoval | Mazzy Star | My Bloody Valentine

10 Comments

beautiful, of course. and i love the name of the record.

Posted by: WakeyWakey at 07/08/09 5:10 PM | Reply
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The first album was Bavarian Fruit Bread, not Salad.

Posted by: name at 07/08/09 5:56 PM | Reply
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Great song! Can't wait for the album to come out!

Posted by: lmorland at 07/08/09 6:10 PM | Reply
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dude i love jesus & marcy chain

i smell sex and psychocandy

Posted by: grover at 07/08/09 6:23 PM | Reply
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Languid, but very pretty in typical Hope fashion. I like it.

Posted by: Deezey at 07/08/09 7:13 PM | Reply
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holy fuck, a new mazzy star record?

Posted by: Jeff at 07/08/09 9:10 PM | Reply
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god, everything that woman touches is dreamy

Posted by: anonymoose at 07/08/09 10:04 PM | Reply
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This is great news! Mazzy Star are one of my all-time faves! Yeah, Hope is back.

Posted by: jjazznola at 07/09/09 1:20 AM | Reply
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Looks like the track won't play for me. I get this message: "nope. browsers like yours tend to crawl our site very, very aggressively, slowing the site down and ruining it for everyone else. try another way."

Another way than FireFox 3.5?

Posted by: stephen at 07/09/09 1:16 PM | Reply
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Funny how Colm O Ciosoig's playing with this band sounds nothing like anything he ever did with MBV. (If you like his style, check out the last Film School album, which features his playing in a more typically shoegaze-like setting.)

Posted by: Johnnyboy at 07/10/09 4:55 PM | Reply
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