Lauren Hoffman

Lauren Hoffman
Born 1977 (age 40 - 41)
Origin Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Genres Acoustic
Folk
Alternative rock
Americana
Lo-fi
Pop
Indie (Independent media)
Occupation(s) Singer-Songwriter
Instruments Vocals, Piano, Synth, Synth, Bass, Tambourine, Guitar
Labels Virgin Records
Independent record label
Associated acts Mirabai
Lilith Fair
Website www.forlauren.com

Lauren Hoffman is an American singer-songwriter. She was signed to Virgin Records America and released her debut album titled Megiddo in 1997. [1] She parted ways with the label in 1999. Virgin went on to issue her sophomore LP, From the Blue House in the same year. A third album, Choreography followed in 2006. In 2015, she released her first EP under new moniker The Secret Storm entitled In the Sun. [2]

Biography

Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, in 1977. She moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, at the age of 2. [3] She played with Shannon Worrell and Kristin Asbury in a band called Monsoon, named after the Thai restaurant in which they played. [4] She later left the band to focus on her own work; Hoffman released her first full length album Megiddo when she was 19. [1] She parted ways with Virgin Records taking her full rights of the album - as it was poorly promoted. Megiddo was produced with John Morand and David Lowery and recorded at the Sound of Music studio in Richmond. [5] During her early career, she was artistically inspired by Jeff Buckley. [6]

Hoffman produced her second album From the Blue House which was released in 1999. Her major was Dance Choreography at Virginia Commonwealth University [7] - which inspired the name of her third album Choreography. She left VCU in 2003. Throughout her travel experiences, she eventually recorded The Lucknow Demos in India while visiting her mother - which partly inspired her 2006 album Choreography, followed by the release of her fourth album Interplanetary Traveler. She recorded this album in a studio in Israel; it was released in 2010. [8] Hoffman and her friends later formed a band in Charlottesville: The Secret Storm. After their first two EPs, they released Family Ghost in 2017 under a new name: Lauren Hoffman & The Secret Storm. [9] She released several of her EPs and albums in both Europe and America on 7" and 12" vinyl and CD.

Discography

Albums

  • Megiddo (1997)
  • From the Blue House (1999)
  • The Lucknow Demos (2003)
  • Choreography (2006)
  • Interplanetary Traveler (2010)
  • Lauren Hoffman & The Secret Storm: Family Ghost (2017)

Singles & EPs

  • The Chemist Said It Would Be Alright But I’ve Never Been The Same (1997)
  • Rock Star (1997) 12" Vinyl
  • Lolita (1997) 12" Vinyl
  • Fall Away (1997) 7" Vinyl
  • A Harmless Little Kiss (1999)
  • Song For A Boy (2000) 7" Vinyl
  • Solipsist (2006) Single
  • The Secret Storm: In The Sun (2015)
  • The Secret Storm: The Dragon (2015)
  • Lauren Hoffman & The Secret Storm: A Friend for the Apocalypse (2017) Single
  • Shadow of the Moon (2018) Single

Album covers have been designed by Wes Freed. Another Song About the Darkness (3:59) is the 20th track on The Sound the Hare Heard album. A number of Lauren Hoffman' songs were played in the South of Nowhere series: Ghost You Know, Magic Stick, Hope You Don't Mind, Reasons to Fall, Love In September and Broken. Her song, Rock Star appears on the soundtrack of the 1998 motion picture, Palmetto.

References

  1. 1 2 "FORLAUREN.COM". www.forlauren.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. ↑ "The Secret Storm". SoundHound. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. ↑ "Little bit fixed: Lauren Hoffman shifts back into the local spotlight". C-VILLE Weekly. 2015-03-31. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  4. ↑ BLACKWELL, MARY ALICE. "Globetrotter Lauren Hoffman owns the spotlight". The Daily Progress. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  5. ↑ "Blog". Lauren Hoffman. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  6. ↑ "LAUREN HOFFMAN & THE SECRET STORM". Girlie Action. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  7. ↑ "Lauren Hoffman".
  8. ↑ "Lauren Hoffman: Interplanetary Traveler". PopMatters. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  9. ↑ "The Secret Storm". SoundHound. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
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