Devra Hoff is an American bassist, composer, and arranger. She is a member of Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory and co-founder of Mendoza Hoff Revels with Ava Mendoza.
In addition to her work with Van Etten, Hoff is a key collaborator and bandmate of Julia Holter, having contributed to her studio albums, Loud City Song (2013), Have You in My Wilderness (2015), Aviary (2018) and Something in the Room She Moves (2024).
Career Hoff composed work for the Wholphin short film Look at the Sun, performed on the soundtrack for Anna Deavere Smith's Let Me Down Easy, and released three albums of solo and multi-tracked contrabass material: Solo Bass (2009), Baile as Baile (2019), and Sigils (2018). Laurie Anderson named Solo Bass as one of her top 5 favorite albums of all time. In 2021, Kill Rock Stars released Hoff's Voices From the Empty Moor (Songs of Anne Briggs), an album of works by English folk singer Anne Briggs; arranged and with bass performances by Hoff, the release features artists including Julia Holter, Shannon Lay, Sharon Van Etten, Emmett Kelly, and Jim White. Hoff's many other collaborators include Nels Cline, Cibo Matto, Kira Roessler, and Xiu Xiu, and she has released several albums with Ches Smith as Good for Cows.
Selected discography
Solo
Year Title Label2008Solo Bass2018SigilsStoned To Death2019Baile as BaileDevil Hoof2025Solve, CoagulaSwitch Hit
As leader and co-leader
YearArtistTitleLabelPersonnel2001Good for CowsGood for CogsEvander MusicHoff, Smith2003Good for CowsLess Than or Equal ToFree Porcupine SocietyHoff, Smith2004RedressersTo Each According...Hoff, Smith, Marika Hughes, Carla Kihlstedt2004Good for CowsBebop FantasyAsian ManHoff, Smith2008Good for Cows10th Anniversary ConcertBleeding EarHoff, Smith2010Good for CowsAudumlaWeb of MimicryHoff, Smith2018AwkWardIn ProgressHoff, Kira Roessler2020CausticsTouchDeathbomb Arc / MooneHoff, Yasi Perera, Josiah Wolf, John Dieterich2021HoffVoices From the Empty MoorKill Rock StarsHoff ft. Van Etten, Holter, Wiley, Lay, Farha, Kelly, White2023Mendoza Hoff RevelsEcholocationAUM FidelityHoff, Ava Mendoza, Smith, James Brandon Lewis
As sideperson
YearArtistTitleLabel2002The Nels Cline SingersInstrumentalsCryptogramophone2003Carla Bozulich (ft. Willie Nelson)The Red Headed StrangerDiCristina Stair Builders2004The Nels Cline SingersThe Giant PinCryptogramophone2005Xiu XiuLa Forêt5 Rue Christine2006Xiu XiuThe Air Force5 Rue Christine2006Nels ClineNew MonasteryCryptogramophone2006Ben Goldberg QuintetThe Door, the Hat, the Chair, the FactCryptogramophone2006Howard WileyAngola Project2006Odessa ChenBallad of Paper Ships2007The Nels Cline SingersDraw BreathCryptogramophone2007Frith, Ochs, Johnston, Hoff, SmithReasons for MovingNot Two2007Sean HayesFlowering Spade2008Halvorson, Pavone, Smith, HoffCalling All PortraitsSkycap2008Steven BernsteinDiaspora SuiteTzadik2009EvangelistaThe Prince of Truth2010Nels ClineDirty BabyCryptogramophone2010ROVA + The Nels Cline SingersThe Celestial SeptetNew World2010The Nels Cline SingersInitiateCryptogramophone2010Sean HayesRun Wolves Run2011Odessa ChenThe Archives2012Xiu XiuAlwaysPolyvinyl2013Julia HolterLoud City SongDomino2015Julia HolterHave You in My WildernessDomino2016Nels ClineLoversBlue Note2017DeerhoofMountain MovesJoyful Noise2017Tara Jane O'NeilTara Jane O'NeilGnomonsong2017Julia HolterIn the Same RoomDomino2017Xiu XiuForgetPolyvinyl2017Shannon LayLiving WaterWoodsist / Mare2018New OptimismAmazon To LeFrakPhantom Limb2018Miss InformationSequencePioneer Works2018Julia HolterAviaryDomino2018Marc RibotSongs of ResistanceAnti-2018David LordForest Standards2019Xiu XiuGirl with Basket of FruitPolyvinyl2019Ether FeatherDevil Shadowless Hand2021Shannon LayGeistSub Pop2022Sharon Van EttenWe've Been Going About This All WrongJagjaguwar2024Julia HolterSomething in the Room She MovesDomino
References
External links Devin Hoff - Discogs