Jesca Hoop is set to release of Born To, the first single from her new album The House That Jack Built, on June 11th.
Reflecting the album’s central themes – life and death, sex and war, head and heart – Born To asks the question – “how is it that I was born into the circumstances I was born into. How is it some of us are born into famine and others into unimaginable wealth?”. The lead track from The House That Jack Built and very much a statement of intent, Born To is a tempestuous, moodily melodic opener.
With Born To playisted at 6music and having just returned from a US tour with the Punch Brothers Jesca has lined up a number of UK dates in support of her new album, including a headlining show at London’s Bush Hall. Tickets are on sale now:
JUNE:
16th – Big Session Festival, Derbyshire
20th – Bristol Colston Hall 2
21st – London Bush Hall
22nd – Hebden Bridge Trades Club
28th – Liverpool Leaf
29th – Leeds Brudenell Social Club
30th – Manchester Academy 3
JULY
1st – Glasgow King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
27th – Kendal Calling
The follow up to 2009’s Hunting My Dress, The House That Jack Built deftly showcases its author’s unflinching tendency to pull focus from widescreen to close-up. Part siren song, part grim warning, it achieves a perspective-warping balance between the haunting intimacy of Hoop’s delivery and an unconfined air of horizon-scanning grandeur from the outset.
