Fop

Kristian Hoffman is perhaps best known for writing pop hits such as "Total Eclipse" for 80's mutant disco legend Klaus Nomi. He was also the main songwriter for the highly regarded CBGB's era pop-punk band Mumps, which included Lance Loud, the notorious gay son from PBS's award winning "An American Family," on vocals. Kristian has been musical director for Rufus Wainwright and Ann Magnuson, whose last CD Pretty Songs and Ugly Stories he co-wrote and produced. He toured for five years as keyboardist for the Kinks' Dave Davies, and has played in bands with Kid Congo Powers, Abby Travis, and Lydia Lunch. His new album Fop is an ambitious step forward from his last album, &. "I wanted to make the biggest, most grandiose album I possibly could as an independent artist. I see it as a combination of Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the Moody Blues' Days of Future Passed. It's sort of a gender-indeterminate fantastically appointed love letter to the apocalypse - candy-colored lifestyle suggestions for the end of the world." Self produced, but with the amazing mixing and engineering skills of his long-time collaborator, Earle Mankey, Fop puts the lace cuffs onto everything from orchestrated Richard Harris bombast to Cramps-tinged garage fuzz, with a few nods to glam and vaudeville on the way.