Jesca Hoop‘s 2007 album Kismet stands tall as one of the more eccentric and adventurous debut albums of the decade, an extraordinarily inventive and artful musical statement that, sadly, was never quite understood or subsequently supported by her major label executives at the time. The L.A.-based songwriter’s compositions are, as we’ve noted, “miniature vocal sonicscapes of startling originality building songs that flit and dart, build and then break down again all against a backdrop of stark guitar runs, boldly progressive time measures and a tiny grab bag of head-turning production surprises.” Following the release of Kismet, Hoop rendered five of the LP’s songs into an acoustic EP and now she’s expanded that project with six more stripped renditions (and two bonus tracks) for a January release as The Complete Kismet Acoustic. This acoustic simplistic incarnation re-evokes the combination of two acoustic guitars and three voices that represents many of her live performances. The arrangement brings focus to Hoop’s exceptional song craft and vocal performance. Added to this are two previously unheard tracks – Paradise and Worried Mind. The recordings were done in two stages. The first says Jesca with “dear friends in Los Angeles USA” and the second half “with homies in Manchester UK.”