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Hope Sandoval (born 1966) is an American singer-songwriter who was lead singer for Mazzy Star and later Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions.

Early life and career
Sandoval is from a large Mexican-American family in East Los Angeles, California.

Sandoval started her career in 1986 with her friend Sylvia Gomez in a folk music duo called Going Home.

Opal and Mazzy Star

Hope started to sing and perform with the band Opal in the late 1980s alongside David Roback. The two began writing together and renamed the band Mazzy Star.

The first Mazzy Star album, She Hangs Brightly was released in 1991. While not a commercial success, this album did establish Hope and David as a unique band with a sound that has been often imitated.

They had what many consider a surprise breakthrough hit single in early 1992. “Fade Into You” — from their second album So Tonight That I Might See — was recorded one year before it became a success (with heavy video rotation on MTV).

The tracks on the third Mazzy Star album, Among my Swan continue the sound and feel established on the first two albums.

Post-Mazzy Star
After 1996, Hope began a career of working with other bands. She collaborated with a series of artists, including the Jesus & Mary Chain, Chemical Brothers, Death In Vegas, Bert Jansch, and Vetiver.

Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions
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  • At the Doorway Again
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  • project_dominic

    Her voice is magical!

    Tuesday afternoon
  • h3lovenote

    I fell in love ... the first time I heard " Fade Into You " (Mazzy Star)

    March 2012
  • rpanayfo

    Her best performances were when she was Mazzy Star's singer.

    December 2011
  • lewi91

    The best female vocalist & singer-songwriter of all time.

    November 2011
  • witch_possessed

    so what are the other albums she did except for Mazzy Star and Warm Inventions?

    November 2011
  • marucru

    love is like a flame (L)

    October 2011
  • josimar_oliva

    Blue bird of my life

    September 2011
  • gresagresa

    i only just found out she did the vocals for paradise circus.. i always wondered who it was

    July 2011
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