Mobile Home by Noah Hoffeld
“Although we couldn’t all record Hoffeld’s new album Mobile Home under the same roof due to the pandemic, the songs came together nicely and felt really cohesive. I suspect that mostly had to do with the power of the songs themselves. The record goes from moody to playful to poppy to epic and back again ... a real journey. I wouldn't expect anything less from Noah.”
--Mark Plati, coproducer (David Bowie, The Cure, Prince)
Noah Hoffeld originally came from a classical music background, but playing the classics was never completely satisfying for him. Before graduating from Juilliard, Hoffeld brought rock and pop to the cello. Soon, an urge to spread a message of care for people and the planet propelled him to pick up the electric guitar and synth and write songs. Now his new album Mobile Home, co-produced with Mark Plati, reminds listeners to “Take care your mobile home.”
Noah Hoffeld sends the message that now is the time for us to slow down and tune into what we really are. Baeble Music wrote that Hoffeld’s self-produced debut brought “the best of classical music and modern rock to bear to gorgeous effect." And Indie-Music.com stated that "artists just don’t make this type of work anymore; it’s ambitious, assertive and very satisfying to hear."
Hoffeld performs on Brad Mehldau’s 2020 Grammy-winning album Finding Gabriel, plays cello solos for artists like Renee Fleming and Natalie Merchant, and for films like The Skeleton Twins. Noah is also a regular band-member for Krishna Das, “rock star of the yoga world.”
A longtime devotee of yoga and meditation, Noah Hoffeld believes in the power of contemplation and takes to heart Gandhi's saying, “Be the change you wish to see in the World.”
www.NoahHoffeld.com
All songs copyright ©2022 Noah Hoffeld, Play Human Music (ASCAP)
Tracklist
| 1. | Baby Face | 5:22 |
| 2. | Mobile Home | 4:53 |
| 3. | Never Been In Love | 4:30 |
| 4. | Be Here Now | 5:57 |
| 5. | Twenty Years | 4:35 |
| 6. | Born To Love | 5:18 |
| 7. | Angels Above | 4:44 |
| 8. | Born For America | 4:41 |
| 9. | Thick n' Thin | 4:04 |
| 10. | Blue City | 8:38 |
| 11. | This Morning (Bonus Track) | 3:55 |
Credits
Produced by Mark Plati and Noah Hoffeld
Mixed by Mark Plati at Alice’s Restaurant
Mastered by Thomas Durack, Inwood Hill Mastering
Noah Hoffeld: vocals, keyboards, guitars, cello, programming
Mark Plati: bass, guitars, backing vocals, keyboards, programming
Doug Yowell: drums and percussion
Daniel Mintseris: additional sounds on Twenty Years
Sara Caswell: violin
Megan Gould: violin, viola
Tomoko Omura: violin
Karen Waltuch: viola
License
All rights reserved.Recommendations
Baeble Music says Noah "brings the best of classical music and modern rock to bear to gorgeous effect."
At Juilliard, he brought rock to the cello.
He played on Grammy-winner Finding Gabriel by Brad Mehldau, plays for Krishna Das, and enjoys scoring films, including an award winning doc.
Bodhiheart Love Rules Meditations for Cello and Piano was called “one of the best albums of year’s end.”