Mazzy Star

Mazzy Star has deep roots within the Californian Paisley Underground movement of the early 1980s. David Roback, along with his brother Steven, was one of the main architects of leading Los Angeles psychedelic revival band the Rain Parade.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/may/13/rememberingtherainparade |title=Remembering the Rain Parade |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |date=May 13, 2008 |first=Alan|last=McGee |access-date=November 30, 2011}} Leaving that band after their first LP, he founded Clay Allison in 1983 with then-girlfriend, ex-Dream Syndicate bassist Kendra Smith.{{Cite web|url=http://altmusic.about.com/od/artists/a/mazzystar.htm|title=Mazzy Star – Artist Profile|publisher=About.com|first=Anthony|last=Carew|access-date=November 30, 2011|archive-date=January 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112034143/http://altmusic.about.com/od/artists/a/mazzystar.htm|url-status=dead}} Soon after the publication of their sole release, the 1983 double A-sided single "Fell From the Sun"/"All Souls", Clay Allison renamed themselves Opal and released the LP Happy Nightmare Baby on SST on December 14, 1987. With Roback as its musical catalyst, Opal were a direct precursor to Mazzy Star musically—often featuring the same psychedelic guitar drones and similar hints of blues and folk that would later appear on Mazzy Star recordings. Meanwhile, Sandoval—who was in high school at the time—formed the folk music duo Going Home in the early 1980s with fellow student Sylvia Gomez, and played gigs with Sonic Youth and Minutemen.{{cite web |first=Nisha |last=Gopalan |url=http://mag.newsweek.com/2013/09/20/mazzy-star-reunites-after-17-years-with-new-album-seasons-of-your-day.html |title=The Reawakening of Mazzy Star |work=Newsweek |publisher=IBT Media |date=October 6, 2013 |access-date=November 3, 2013}} Both were devoted followers of the Rain Parade, and after a 1983 concert by the band in the Los Angeles area, Gomez entered the backstage area of the venue and gave Roback a copy of Going Home's demo tape, featuring Sandoval on vocals and Gomez on guitar. Upon hearing the tape, Roback offered to produce a still-unreleased album by the pair.

When Smith left Opal under cloudy circumstances in the middle of a tour supporting the Jesus & Mary Chain, Sandoval was chosen as her replacement.

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Despite Smith's departure, Rough Trade retained Roback's original record deal, contractually obligating him to supply a follow-up to Opal's debut LP. As a result, Roback and Sandoval continued to tour under the Opal alias for the next two years, during which time they completed production on Opal's planned second album, titled Ghost Highway. Composed mainly of songs written by Roback and Smith, Sandoval stated that she was unhappy with the material, and expressed an interest in wanting to "start something completely new". The pair quickly composed and recorded seven new tracks in Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco, and renamed the band Mazzy Star.{{cite magazine |last=Bonner |first=Michael |year=2013 |title=Hope Springs Eternal – Feature |magazine=Uncut | volume=October 2013 |issue=201310 |pages=24–28 |publisher=IPC Media |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/the-view-from-here/a-mazzy-star-interview-theres-happiness-but-theres-also-torture-67963 |access-date=June 11, 2015}} Written over a year before Mazzy Star's inception, the track "Ghost Highway" is the band's only original song to not feature a writing credit from Sandoval,{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyid=467007&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716152958/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyid=467007&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 16, 2012|title=Ghost Highway (Legal Title) |website=BMI Repertoire |publisher=BMI.com |access-date=November 9, 2011}} while another song, "Give You My Lovin{{'"}}, was written by Going Home guitarist Sylvia Gomez{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyid=476509&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716173523/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyid=476509&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 16, 2012|title=Give You My Lovin (Legal Title) |website=BMI Repertoire |publisher=BMI.com |access-date=November 9, 2011}} and first recorded by Sandoval and Gomez in the mid-1980s.

She Hangs Brightly was released in May 1990 on Rough Trade and, although it was not an immediate commercial success, the album established the duo as a recurrent fixture on alternative rock radio, with lead single "Blue Flower" – a cover of the Slapp Happy track – peaking at No. 29 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.{{Citation | title = Mazzy Star > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles > She Hangs Brightly Singles | work = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/she-hangs-brightly-r12619/charts-awards | access-date =October 24, 2011}} The album would go on to sell over 70,000 copies in the UK.

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The American branch of Rough Trade folded in late 1990, briefly leaving Mazzy Star without a record label. Within weeks, the duo's contract was picked up by Capitol, who re-released She Hangs Brightly on November 4, 1990,{{Cite web |title=She Hangs Brightly |website=Mazzy Star Boulevard | url = http://www.mazzystar.nu/web/she-hangs-brightly.html | access-date = October 24, 2011 |url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111104225656/http://www.mazzystar.nu/web/she-hangs-brightly.html | archive-date = November 4, 2011 | df = mdy-all}} and released their follow-up, So Tonight That I Might See on September 27, 1993.{{Cite web |title=So Tonight That I Might See |website=Mazzy Star Boulevard | url = http://www.mazzystar.nu/web/so-tonight-that-i-might-see.html | access-date = October 24, 2011 |url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111104140107/http://www.mazzystar.nu/web/so-tonight-that-i-might-see.html | archive-date = November 4, 2011 | df = mdy-all}} A year after its release, the album yielded an unexpected hit single. "Fade into You" peaked at No. 44 to become their first Billboard Hot 100 single, while also reaching a career-high peak of No. 3 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.{{Citation | title = Mazzy Star > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles > Fade into You | work = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/so-tonight-that-i-might-see-r190371/charts-awards/billboard-single | access-date = October 24, 2011}} On April 19, 1995, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for shipments in excess of 1 million units.{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=mazzy+star#search_section |title=Gold & Platinum |website=RIAA.com |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |access-date=September 15, 2019}} The album also peaked at No. 68 in the UK,{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28031/mazzy-star/ |title=Mazzy Star / Albums |website=Official Charts |access-date=September 15, 2019}} and was certified silver by the BPI in 2021, for sales of over 100,000 copies.{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified|title=Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|access-date=September 24, 2023|quote=To access cited information, user must enter "Mazzy Star" as the search parameter.}} Following the success of "Fade into You", She Hangs Brightly album opener "Halah" began to receive heavy airplay in the US and peaked at No. 19 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, a chart based solely on airplay.

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Their final album for Capitol, Among My Swan, was released on October 29, 1996.{{Cite web |title=Among My Swan |website=Mazzy Star Boulevard | url = http://www.mazzystar.nu/web/among-my-swan.html | access-date = October 24, 2011 |url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110930074336/http://www.mazzystar.nu/web/among-my-swan.html | archive-date = September 30, 2011 | df = mdy-all}} Entering the Billboard 200 at No. 68{{Citation | title = Mazzy Star > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums | work = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4863|pure_url=yes}} | access-date =October 24, 2011}} and, as of September 2001, selling 214,000 copies in the United States,{{Citation | title = Ex-Mazzy Star Vocalist Preps Solo Debut | magazine=Billboard | url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78711/ex-mazzy-star-vocalist-preps-solo-debut | access-date =June 17, 2011}} the album was less commercially successful than its predecessors, although it produced their highest-peaking single in the United Kingdom, when "Flowers in December" entered at No. 40 to become their only top forty entry on the chart.{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28031/mazzy-star/ |title=Mazzy Star / Singles |website=Official Charts |access-date=September 15, 2019}} The band promoted the album with a five-month tour of the US and Europe, after which Sandoval and Roback began work on new material.{{cite web |first=Steven |last=Klinge |url=http://www.hopesandoval.com/press/harp0102.shtml |title=Hope Inspires |work=Hopesandoval.com |publisher=Harp |access-date=August 15, 2012}} Over the course of these sessions, Sandoval reportedly "begged" Capitol to be released from her contract,{{Citation | title = The Mother of Warm Invention – A Hope Sandoval Interview | date = December 29, 2009 | publisher = The Quietus | url = http://thequietus.com/articles/03452-the-mother-of-warm-invention-a-hope-sandoval-interview | access-date =October 24, 2011}} later elaborating, "It seemed record companies wanted bands to be creative because they didn't know how to manufacture underground music. We could do our own thing and go at our own pace. But that changed when major labels started wanting bands that would sell 7 million records. They had a formula. And suddenly all these people wanted to come to the studio to keep track of what we were doing and make sure we were following that formula. So we got out."

In the immediate aftermath of Mazzy Star's dissolution, Sandoval, who had appeared on the Jesus and Mary Chain's 1994 release Stoned & Dethroned, made another guest appearance on their album Munki, and also collaborated with the Chemical Brothers, while Roback produced and mixed two songs found on Beth Orton's 1999 album Central Reservation.

In June 2000, the band reunited for a mini-tour of Europe. Performing up to seven new songs at each of these concerts,{{cite web|url=http://www.mazzystar.nu/web/bootlegs.html|title=Mazzy Star Bootlegs list|access-date=October 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930075039/http://www.mazzystar.nu/web/bootlegs.html|archive-date=September 30, 2011|df=mdy-all}} Sandoval revealed in interviews around this time that these new songs were written and recorded for Mazzy Star's fourth studio album, which was to be released independently sometime in the future. This did not materialize, however, as later that year, Sandoval joined with Colm Ó Cíosóig (formerly of My Bloody Valentine) to form Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions. In October 2000, Sandoval issued her first EP with the Warm Inventions, At the Doorway Again, and followed it up with her debut full-length album, Bavarian Fruit Bread, a year later. Around this time, Sandoval also contributed vocals to several songs by other artists, notably Air and Death in Vegas.

William Cooper, Mazzy Star's violinist and keyboardist, died of neuroendocrine cancer on March 16, 2001.

Sandoval performed as part of Bert Jansch's 60th birthday celebration at Queen Elizabeth Hall on November 3, 2003. As well as Ó Cíosóig, Jansch and his son Adam, she was also joined on stage by David Roback for renditions of "Suzanne" and "All This Remains", a song Sandoval had contributed lead vocals and wrote lyrics to for Jansch's 2002 album Edge of a Dream. This would remain Sandoval and Roback's final appearance together on-stage until 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.hopesandoval.com/tour/tour2003.shtml|title=London, England – Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank)|date=November 8, 2003 |website=HopeSandoval.com |access-date=January 19, 2011}}

David Roback made his debut appearance as an actor in the 2004 film Clean. He also wrote and produced three songs that were performed in the film by actress Maggie Cheung.

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In 2009, So Tonight That I Might See album track "Into Dust" debuted at No. 71 and stayed one week on the U.K. singles chart when it featured on a commercial for Virgin Media.{{Citation | title = Virgin Media Launching TV Campaign on Mobile Internet | work = Money High Street | publisher = Media Netrix | date = June 23, 2009 | url = http://www.moneyhighstreet.com/finance-news/virgin-media-launching-tv-campaign-on-mobile-internet/ | access-date = May 23, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110102133324/http://www.moneyhighstreet.com/finance-news/virgin-media-launching-tv-campaign-on-mobile-internet/ | archive-date = January 2, 2011 | df = mdy-all}} Two years later, the song appeared on the "Dust to Dust" trailer for Gears of War 3 and spent a further four weeks on the chart, reaching a new peak of No. 47; while it also became the band's first song to ever place on the Irish Singles Chart, where it peaked at No. 40.{{cite web |url=https://acharts.co/ireland_singles_top_100/2011/38 |title=Ireland Singles Top 50 |website=aCharts.co |publisher=Chart-Track (IRMA) |date=September 22, 2011 |access-date=September 27, 2011}}

Sandoval's second album with the Warm Inventions, Through the Devil Softly, was released via Nettwerk on September 29, 2009, and was followed on August 10, 2010, by a non-album single, a cover of Syd Barrett's "Golden Hair". Also released in 2010 was her vocal contribution to Massive Attack's Heligoland, "Paradise Circus". The song spent one week on the U.K. singles chart at No. 117.{{cite web |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_M.HTM |title=Chart Log UK 1994{{ndash}}2010: M{{spndash}} My Vitriol |last=Zywietz |first=Tobias |website=Zobbel.de |access-date=September 15, 2019}}

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The first substantive confirmation that the duo would reconvene to complete work on their fourth studio album came from Sandoval herself in a July 2009 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, where she was quoted as saying, "It's true we're still together. We're almost finished [with the record]. But I have no idea what that means."{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mazzy-star-crooner-readies-return-with-hope-sandoval-and-the-warm-inventions-20090706| title=Mazzy Star Crooner Readies Return With Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions| first=Kevin |last=O'Donnell |date=July 6, 2009 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=October 24, 2011}} Later, in a September 2009 interview with Vancouver-based music website Straight.com, interviewer John Lucas wrote of the 8-year gap between Bavarian Fruit Bread and Through the Devil Softly, "That seems like a long time until you consider that Mazzy Star, Sandoval's partnership with guitarist David Roback, hasn't put an album out since 1996. Sandoval promises that will change; she and Roback have their very own Chinese Democracy in the works, but it won't see the light of day until the Warm Inventions have wrapped up their tour."{{cite news| url=https://www.straight.com/article-257527/hope-sandoval-has-never-been-one-rush-things| title=Hope Sandoval Has Never Been One To Rush Things|first=John|last=Lucas|date=September 17, 2009 |newspaper=Vancouver Free Press |access-date=October 24, 2011}}

On October 12, 2011, Hope Sandoval's official website confirmed the duo would release their first new material in 15 years later that same month. The double a-sided single "Common Burn"/"Lay Myself Down" was released digitally on October 31, 2011. A limited edition blue-coloured 7-inch vinyl was also announced for release on November 8,{{cite web |url=http://www.hopesandoval.com/new/1011.shtml |title=Mazzy Star returns!! |date=October 12, 2011 |website=HopeSandoval.com |access-date=October 24, 2011}} though a manufacturing delay resulted in its release being pushed back to January 24, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.mazzystar.nu/scripts/forum/simpleforum_pro.cgi?fid=01&topic_id=1318211417&page=2|title=New Mazzy Star single coming soon|access-date=December 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423112111/http://www.mazzystar.nu/scripts/forum/simpleforum_pro.cgi?fid=01&topic_id=1318211417&page=2|archive-date=April 23, 2012|df=mdy-all}} Their fourth studio album was expected to be released in the latter half of 2012, following completion of a tour earlier in the year.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/44386-new-mazzy-star-lay-myself-down/|title=New Mazzy Star: "Lay Myself Down"|first=Jenn|last=Pelly|date=October 24, 2011|publisher=Pitchfork Media|access-date=October 25, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/dc-music-news-feed/2011/10/19/mazzy-star-reunion-album-due-early-2012-sample-new-common-bu.html |title=Mazzy Star Reunion Album Due Early 2012; Sample New "Common Burn" |date=October 19, 2011 |website=Direct Current Music |access-date=October 24, 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429052650/http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/dc-music-news-feed/2011/10/19/mazzy-star-reunion-album-due-early-2012-sample-new-common-bu.html |archive-date=April 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}

The band completed an 18-date Californian and European tour in 2012, their first since 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.hopesandoval.com/tour/index.shtml|title=2012 Mazzy Star tour|publisher=HopeSandoval.com|access-date=February 8, 2012}} Performing at several major European festivals, the band consisted of original members Suki Ewers{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Suki-Ewers/99547341679?sk=wall&filter=2|title=Suki Ewers: "been rehearsing with mazzy star"|website=Facebook|date=November 22, 2011|access-date=January 19, 2012}} and Keith Mitchell,{{cite web|url=http://www.mazzystar.nu/scripts/forum/simpleforum_pro.cgi?fid=01&topic_id=1326786892|title=Reunite|access-date=January 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209202930/http://www.mazzystar.nu/scripts/forum/simpleforum_pro.cgi?fid=01|archive-date=February 9, 2012|df=mdy-all}} and were also joined by Sandoval's Warm Inventions band-mate Colm Ó Cíosóig and Keith Mitchell's son Paul, whose band the Brook Lee Catastrophe also served as the opening act of select shows.{{cite web |url=http://www.stringsbypaul.com/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203031422/http://www.stringsbypaul.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |title=June 1 |work=stringsbypaul.com |access-date=August 15, 2012}} Pedal steel guitar was performed by Josh Yenne.{{cite web |url=http://www.joshyenne.com/shows-please-see-individual.html |title=Shows |work=joshyenne.com |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=September 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926192735/http://www.joshyenne.com/shows-please-see-individual.html |url-status=dead }} After the final date of the tour in August 2012, David Roback stated that production on the album had completed and that it would see release "soon".{{cite web |first= Philippe |last=Brochen |url=http://next.liberation.fr/musique/2012/08/11/la-route-du-rock-demarre-doucement_839272 |title=La Route du rock finit sur une excellente note (La Route du Rock ends of a high note) |language=fr | work=liberation.fr |date=August 11, 2012 |access-date=March 14, 2013}} In late 2012, several unreleased song titles composed by Hope Sandoval and David Roback were registered with the band's long-time publisher BMI, including "Flying Low"{{cite web |url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=14080813&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410160344/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=14080813&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 10, 2013 |title=BMI / Repertoire Search / Flying Low |publisher=BMI |access-date=March 14, 2013}} and "Spoon",{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=14080814&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410163416/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=14080814&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 10, 2013|title=BMI / Repertoire Search / Spoon|publisher=BMI|access-date=March 14, 2013}} both of which were performed multiple times on the tour.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZChR3tqS4Og | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/ZChR3tqS4Og| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=Mazzy Star – Flyin' Low // Off Festival 2012 |work=YouTube |date=August 11, 2012 |access-date=March 14, 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgoxFrHy-Nw | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/IgoxFrHy-Nw| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=Mazzy Star – Spoon, live 2012-04-06, Mystic Theater, Petaluma CA | website=YouTube|date=June 15, 2012 |access-date=March 14, 2013}}{{cbignore}} The band also launched an official merchandise store.{{cite web |url=http://mazzystarstore.co.uk/ |title=Mazzy Star Store |publisher=Seraph Solutions |access-date=February 14, 2013}}

On July 13, 2013, the band announced details of their fourth studio album, Seasons of Your Day, which was released on September 23, 2013, in the UK, followed a day later on September 24 in the US. The album reached a career-high No. 24 on the UK albums chart. The band began a North American tour on November 3, 2013, in support of the album.{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/51586-mazzy-star-announce-tour/ |title=Mazzy Star Announce Tour |work=Pitchfork Media |first=Evan |last=Minsker |date=September 9, 2013 |access-date=September 16, 2013}} On April 19, the band released two new songs as part of Record Store Day 2014. "I'm Less Here" and "Things" were released on 7-inch vinyl, with the run limited to 3,000 copies worldwide.{{cite web |url=http://modern-vinyl.com/2014/03/13/7-from-mazzy-star-added-to-rsd/ |title=Modern Vinyl – 7" from Mazzy Star added to RSD |work=Modern Vinyl |date=March 13, 2014 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.roughtrade.com/albums/81761 |title=Mazzy Star – I'm Less Here |work=Rough Trade Records |access-date=March 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430060130/http://www.roughtrade.com/albums/81761 |archive-date=April 30, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}

Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions released a 7-inch vinyl single titled "Isn't It True" for Record Store Day 2016.{{cite news |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2016/04/08/record-store-day-2016-the-25-biggest-and-best-releases |title=Record Store Day 2016: The 25 biggest and best releases |first=Darryl |last=Sterdan |newspaper=Toronto Sun |publisher=Postmedia Network |date=April 8, 2016 |access-date=April 14, 2016}} The track also features Jim Putnam of Radar Bros.{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/mazzy-stars-hope-sandoval-releasing-new-album-but-first-a-rsd-limited-7/ |title=Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval releasing new album, but first a RSD limited 7 |author=BrooklynVegan Staff |work=BrooklynVegan |date=March 9, 2016 |access-date=April 14, 2016}} A music video for the song was released on April 19, and is dedicated to Richie Lee of Acetone.{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/64311-mazzy-stars-hope-sandoval-shares-isnt-it-true-video-watch/ |title=Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval Shares "Isn't It True" Video: Watch |author=Evan Minsker |work=Pitchfork |publisher=Condé Nast |date=April 19, 2016 |access-date=August 10, 2016}} The Warm Inventions' third studio album, Until the Hunter, was released on November 4 through the band's own independent record label, Tendril Tales.{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/tendril-tales-is-hope-sandoval-of-mazzy-stars-label-website-launches-rsd-release-already-on-ebay/ |title=Tendril Tales is Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star's label; website launches, RSD release already on eBay |author=BrooklynVegan Staff |work=BrooklynVegan |date=April 13, 2016 |access-date=April 14, 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2016/03/mazzy-stars-hope-sandoval-the-warm-inventions-prep-first-album-in-seven-years/ |title=Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions prep first album in seven years |first=Michelle |last=Geslani |work=Consequence of Sound |date=March 28, 2016 |access-date=April 14, 2016}} A second single from the album, "Let Me Get There" featuring Kurt Vile, was released on September 23.{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/kurt-vile-sings-on-new-hope-sandoval-and-the-warm-inventions-single/ |title=Kurt Vile sings on new Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions single |author=Andrew Sacher |work=BrooklynVegan |date=August 22, 2016 |access-date=September 1, 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Let-Get-There-Vinyl-Single/dp/B01HOGDM48 |title=Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions – Let Me Get There [10" Vinyl Single] |work=Amazon.com |access-date=August 16, 2016}} A new four-song EP from the Warm Inventions, Son of a Lady, was released on September 15, 2017.{{cite web |url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2017/08/10/news/hope-sandoval-and-the-warm-inventions-to-release-four-song-ep-son-of-a-lady-for-september-2017-release/ |title=Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions to Release Four-Song EP Son of A Lady for September 2017 Release |author=Matasci, Matt |work=MXDWN |date=August 10, 2017 |access-date=August 10, 2017}}

Sandoval contributed vocals to "I Don't Mind" by Psychic Ills, which was released on March 29, 2016.{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/64455-psychic-ills-announce-new-album-inner-journey-out-share-hope-sandoval-collaboration-i-dont-mind/ |title=Psychic Ills Announce New Album Inner Journey Out, Share Hope Sandoval Collaboration "I Don't Mind" |author=Jazz Monroe |work=Pitchfork |publisher=Condé Nast |date=March 29, 2016 |access-date=September 1, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://flavorwire.com/568575/listen-to-mazzy-stars-hope-sandoval-on-new-pyschic-ills-track |title=Listen to Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval on new Psychic Ills track |author=Shane Barnes |work=Flavorwire |publisher=Flavorpill Media |date=March 29, 2016 |access-date=September 1, 2016}} Four months later, Massive Attack released "The Spoils", which was her third collaboration with the band, following "Paradise Circus" and "Four Walls".{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/67161-watch-massive-attack-and-ghostpoets-new-video-come-near-me/ |title=Massive Attack Release "Come Near Me" New Video, Plus Hope Sandoval Collaboration |author=Noah Yoo and Jazz Monroe |work=Pitchfork |publisher=Condé Nast |date=July 29, 2016 |access-date=July 31, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/07/massive-attack-ghostpoet-come-near-me-the-spoils-hope-sandoval/ |title=Massive Attack Release the Brooding 'Come Near Me' and 'The Spoils' |author=Brian Josephs |work=Spin |publisher=SpinMedia |date=July 29, 2016 |access-date=July 31, 2016}} A music video starring actress Cate Blanchett was released on August 9.{{cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2016/08/cate-blanchett-stars-in-massive-attack-and-hope-sandovals-video-for-the-spoils-watch/ |title=Cate Blanchett stars in Massive Attack and Hope Sandoval's video for "The Spoils" – watch |author=Ben Kaye |work=Consequence of Sound |date=August 9, 2016 |access-date=August 16, 2016}}

Keith Mitchell, who played drums on all four Mazzy Star albums, died on May 14, 2017.{{cite magazine|last1=Kreps|first1=Daniel|title=Mazzy Star Drummer Keith Mitchell Dead |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mazzy-star-drummer-keith-mitchell-dead-w482297|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=May 15, 2017|access-date=May 15, 2017|language=en}}

In June 2018, the band reunited for their first concerts in five years, performing on three consecutive nights at the Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid Live.{{cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/04/mazzy-star-new-ep-still.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419082211/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/04/mazzy-star-new-ep-still.html |url-status=dead |title=Mazzy Star Preview New EP Still With "Quiet, the Winter Harbor," First New Single Since 2014 |author=Russell, Scott |work=Paste |date=April 18, 2018 |access-date=June 11, 2018 |archive-date=April 19, 2018 }} That same month, they released the EP Still.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mazzy-star-release-delicate-new-song-detail-still-ep-w519283 |title=Mazzy Star Release Delicate New Song, Detail 'Still' EP |author=Reed, Ryan |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=April 18, 2018 |access-date=June 11, 2018}}

David Roback died on February 24, 2020, of cancer.{{cite web |last=Slotnik |first=Daniel E. |date=February 26, 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/arts/music/david-roback-dead.html |title=David Roback, 61, a Founder of Band Mazzy Star, Is Dead |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 27, 2020}}

Since 2020, the band has largely been on hiatus, with each member pursuing solo projects.

• Hope Sandoval – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, Hammond organ, percussion (1988–1997, 2012–present)
• Suki Ewers – keyboards, guitar (1988–1997, 2012–present)
• Colm Ó Cíosóig – guitar, bass, keyboards, drums (2012–present)
• Josh Yenne – pedal steel guitar, guitars, drums (2012–present)

• David Roback – guitars, keyboards, piano (1988–1997, 2012–2020; his death)
• Keith Mitchell – drums, percussion (1988–1997, 2012–2017; his death)
• Jill Emery – bass (1993–1996)
• William Cooper – keyboards, violin (1988–1997; died 2001)

• Kurt Elzner – guitars (1990–1993)

{{Main|Mazzy Star discography}}

• She Hangs Brightly (1990)
• So Tonight That I Might See (1993)
• Among My Swan (1996)
• Seasons of Your Day (2013)

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