Jesca Hoop – Long Wave Home

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Release Date: 01/05/26

Jesca Hoop’s Long Wave Home is a vivid, self-produced collection that stays rooted in her adventurous folk while pushing into bold new territory. Hoop’s inventive vocals and strikingly original songwriting are framed by imaginative arrangements, giving the record an intimate, glowing energy. Written as a refuge and reflection on connection, estrangement, and resilience, the album ranges from the intimate risks explored in Caravan and the title track’s meditation on distance in a hyperconnected age to Playground, a powerful protest advocating for the children of Gaza. Recorded during a roving studio journey across England, Hoop enlisted collaborators including Leo Abrahams, Jim and Rob Homes, Jim Barr, and Tim Thomas, with Jesse D Vernon (brass and tuned percussion), Sebastian Rochford (drums), Jon Thorne (bass), and Sam Amidon (strings). The result is a richly textured, confident statement from an artist fully in command of her craft.