Jesca Hoop Shares New Single + Video “Big Storm” From Upcoming Album “Long Wave Home” out 1st May via Last Laugh / Republic Of Music
Announces US + EU live dates
Visionary artist Jesca Hoop returns with her anticipated new album Long Wave Home out 1st May via Last Laugh / Republic Of Music. The seventh solo album from the California-born, Manchester-based songwriter took shape amidst a period of both personal and geopolitical upheaval: a web of schisms that seemed to reflect one another as they unfolded. It is the first album Hoop produced by herself, and it marks both a fresh start and a deepening of her extensive, multifaceted discography. Across the record’s rich and sumptuous tracks, Hoop deeply considers what it is that people owe to each other: in individual relationships, in community, and as witnesses to the broader world. Following the singles “Designer Citizen” and “Caravan”, now Hoop shares propulsive new single and album highlight “Big Storm”, accompanied by an equally captivating video.
Nothing short of insatiable, the beat, the addictive harmonies and the captivating lyrics. The new single draws you in with such ease, and the textures deliver this immense ride, but of course, this is Jesca Hoop; we expect nothing less.
Commenting on “Big Storm” Hoop says: “There was a moment, many years ago, when I was tempted to abandon everything—everyone I knew and everything I was doing. I gave away all my possessions, keeping only the essentials. I sold my car. I bought a plane ticket. The plan was to leave without notice. Then the biggest storm in recent history blew my getaway plan to bits. It grounded all planes and halted travel. I was forced to face my life. Myself. The storm taught me there is no cheat code for life—no easy way out. At the same time, my life—my happiness—is my responsibility. Mine and only mine.”
Jesca Hoop International Tour:
Tuesday 12 May – Edinburgh – Caves
Wednesday 13 May – Sheffield – Crookes Social Club
Thursday 14 May – Leeds – Brudenell Social Club
Friday 15 May – Birmingham – Hare & Hounds
Saturday 16 May – Liverpool – St Michael-in-the-Hamlet
Tuesday 19 May – Norwich – Norwich Arts Centre
Wednesday 20 May – Bristol – The Lantern
Thursday 21 May – Cardiff – The Gate
Friday 22 May – London – Union Chapel
Saturday 23 May – Cambridge – Storey’s Field Centre
Saturday 13 June – Sebastopol – Hopmonk
Sunday – 14 June – Santa Cruz – Felton Music Hall
Monday 15 June – Los Angeles – Lodge Room
Wednesday 17 June – San Francisco – The Chapel
Friday 19 June – Portland – Mississippi Studios
Saturday 20 June – Seattle – Ballard Homestead
Monday 22 June – Milwaukee – Shank Hall
Tuesday 23 June – Minneapolis – Parkway Theatre
Wednesday 24 June – Chicago – Schubas Tavern
Saturday 27 June – Boston – City Winery
Sunday 28 June – North Hampton – Iron Horse
Monday 29 June – New York City – LPR
Wednesday 1 July – Philadelphia – 118 North
Saturday 19 September – Utrecht – Tivoli Vredenburg Club Nine
Sunday – 20 September – Brussels – Botanique Witloof
Tuesday 22 September – Paris – Hasard Ludique
Wednesday 23 September – Lyon- Epicerie Moderne
Thursday 24 September – Zurich – Bogen F
At the end of 2024, Hoop began mapping out what would become Long Wave Home with a focus on her own independence as an artist and working musician. “I shed a lot of superfluous roles and structures wherever I was making too many compromises,” she says. “With that blank slate, I started to write.”
The songs, at first, came slowly. Hoop’s life moved at an even keel, and she struggled to find points of tension that might serve as the basis for new music. “If life doesn’t present you with a change, how do you grow?” she asks. Then, in 2025, change came for her. Some of Hoop’s most trusted relationships began to shift considerably. “My writing opened up. I had more tension than I knew what to do with, and plenty to explore about human relationships,” Hoop says. “I was able to engage by just recording what I was seeing around me.”
As the songs on Long Wave Home grew from this generative state, Hoop made the choice to produce the album herself. “I really had to commit and do what my hero would do.” she says, referring to Joni Mitchell and her storied artistic independence. In the past, Hoop had worked with a roster of seasoned, brilliant producers: John Parish (PJ Harvey, Tracy Chapman); Tony Berg (Taylor Swift, boygenius); and Blake Mills, (Fiona Apple, Alabama Shakes). Hoop learned from all of these partnerships. As she embarked on her seventh album, she was ready to apply that knowledge from the cockpit.
Hoop recorded Long Wave Home in studios around the United Kingdom. She asked her collaborator Jesse D. Vernon to arrange accompaniments for her songs, then set out in a camper van to meet session musicians and begin tracking. Her travels took her to The Shed in London, Empire Sound on the Isle of Wight, and J&J Studios in Bristol. Throughout the process, she worked closely with engineers Tim Thomas (Bright Eyes, British Sea Power) and Leo Abrahams (Belle & Sebastian, Frightened Rabbit) to foster the sound she envisioned for the album.
Hoop stares into darkness with equal warmth and precision. With ‘Designer Citizen’ she takes a sardonic edge to questions of nationality and belonging as she sings about observing American political instability from her home across the ocean. On ‘Signal to Noise’ Hoop reflects on an overwhelming media landscape that seeks to prevent political momentum from accreting among like-minded people: “If revolution can be sparked by a feeling / Turn up the system, point the finger, send them reeling,” she sings, her voice cradled by gentle backing vocals. And the driving, mournful ‘Playground’ bears witness to the children whose playground has been reduced to rubble, then poses the question: Where does the trauma go?
The political landscape and the interpersonal landscape flow into one another, and to be a conscious inhabitant of both requires us to question ourselves. What do we owe to one another, and how do we deliver it? Where are our efforts most sorely needed, and how do we arrive there? Hoop’s songs remind us that evolution necessitates scrutiny: a searing gaze fixed on both the outer world and the inner self.
“I don’t draw a line between a love song and a political song,” she notes. “To me, it’s all about being here. All of these songs are love songs, and in one way or the next, they’re all protest songs, too.”
The album settles with the delicate and powerful title track whose atmosphere hangs heavy with the resonance of its commingling instruments. With “Long Wave Home”, Hoop wraps warm arms around the skeleton of isolation and blankets you. There is strength in solidarity, in the bare recognition that we all yearn for connection. “You’re not alone,” she sings. “Long waves are carrying you all the way home.”
1. Adam
2. Now The Ash
3. Designer Citizen
4. Big Storm
5. Love Is Salvation
6. Caravan
7. Playground
8. Signal To Noise
9. Viv Over Drink
10. Long Wave Home
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