“ ‘Bound by This’ delves so deep into dark chasms of synth pop, it feels like it's encased in a thick fog under moonlight.”
- Seven Days
born out of the pandemic…
“ Celtic Goddess of War and Death, the Morrígu, served as an icon for me in dark times: a shapeshifter who can predict the fate of warriors in battle, associated with life and death cycles. I felt like the Covid pandemic killed off a piece of me. It was in those lowest moments that I connected to the creation of this music and was able to find new life in its process. ”
“A NOSTALGIC BITTERSWEET EXPLORATION BLENDS ORGANIC CHUNKY BASSLINE THROBS, NUMAN-ESQUE WARPED ICY BRIGHT SYNTH MELODIES, MINIMAL GUITAR EFFECTS, AND HEAVY POUNDING DRUM BEATS INTO A VIBRANT IMMERSIVE REVERIE AROUND A BEAUTIFULLY DREAMY, EMOTIONAL VOCAL ATMOSPHERE, DRAWING ANGST AND LONGING FROM A SHADOWY REALM OF MISUNDERSTOOD BONDAGE AND DREAD.
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“ Hoffman is world-building, and the atmosphere she’s cultivated is at once retro and speculative, bringing sonic comfort and uneasy emotional possibility to the same songs…this EP makes me feel as if I’m on the cusp of a vast universe, and as the Vermont music scene reemerges post-pandemic, I’m excited to see Hoffman making a fresh home within it.
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