Who is Hope Sandoval? Everything You Need to Know

Quick Facts

Age: 57 Years, 57 Year Old Females

Pop Singers Lyricists & Songwriters

Height: 5'0" (152 cm), 5'0" Females

Ancestry: Mexican American

U.S. State: California

City: Los Angeles

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Childhood & Early Life

Hope Sandoval was born on June 24, 1966, in Los Angeles, California, USA. Her family is Mexican American.

She studied at Mark Keppel High School. She, alongside her friend Sylvia Gomez, formed a folk music duo called Going Home in 1986.

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Career

In the late 1980s, Hope Sandoval performed with a band named Opal alongside Kendra Smith and David Roback. After Smith's departure during a UK tour, Sandoval took over as the lead vocalist and then formed an alternative rock band called Mazzy Star along with Roback.

Mazzy Star released their first studio album titled ‘She Hangs Brightly’ in 1990. They soon released a hit single titled "Fade into You" from their second studio album ‘So Tonight That I Might See’ that was released in 1993.

In 1996, the group came up with its third album titled ‘Among My Swan’ which garnered the group its highest-ranking track on the UK Singles Chart when the single "Flowers in December" charted at #40. Following the release of the album’s single "I've Been Let Down", Mazzy Star went on a hiatus.

Sandoval formed the group The Warm Inventions in the year 2000. A year later, she released her debut solo album titled ‘Bavarian Fruit Bread’ which featured two covers: Jesus and Mary Chain's "Drop" and "Butterfly Mornings" from the 1970 movie ‘The Ballad of Cable Hogue.’

The singer and her group The Warm Inventions released two EPs between 2000 and 2002. In 2009, they came up with their second album titled ‘Through the Devil Softly’.

Sandoval and her group Mazzy Star collaborated once again to release the song "Common Burn" in October 2011. Two years later, they released their new album ‘Seasons of Your Day’.

In 2016, she and The Warm Inventions released a 7" vinyl track under the title "Isn't It True". Their third album ‘Until the Hunter’ came out in November that year. The album’s second single "Let Me Get There" was released in September.

Sandoval covered "Big Boss Man" for Mercury Rev's album ‘Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited.’

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Major Works

Hope Sandoval has collaborated many times with Massive Attack on multiple hit tracks including "Four Walls", "Paradise Circus," and "The Spoils".

Her band Mazzy Star released the album ‘So Tonight That I Might See’ in 1993. It spawned the single "Fade into You" that became the band's first and only single to make it to the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #44.

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Family & Personal Life

Hope Sandoval is known to be extremely reserved and shy. She has not revealed any detail about her personal relationships to the media and her fans.

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