Eartheater

Powders

Eartheater's musical evolution continues, seamlessly blending art-pop and folk influences. While this fusion sounds promising in theory, the execution falls somewhat short.

The mesmerizing rhythms, guitar work, and electronic symphonies persist, but this time, the overall structure feels somewhat hesitant, and disjointed. The inclusion of a lackluster cover of System of a Down's "Chop Suey" at the midpoint of the album encapsulates the overall sentiment: uninspired. ... read more

In a perfect mix between the experimental sound of Trinity and folk/contemporary of Phoenix, Eartheater couldn't sound more genius in Powders. In the transitions from synths to string instruments and vice versa, her vocals receive the melodies completely spontaneously and seem to adapt uniformly to both. The complete immersion of the project sounds as if Björk had a daughter with a unique aesthetic but similar ideas in music production.

SUGARCANE SWITCH 5/5
CRUSHING 5/5
FACE IN THE MOON ... read more

This is like a perfect mixture of sounds akin to artists like Arca, Caroline Polachek and FKA twigs; whilst not all coming across as a copy of any of these artists' music, as Eartheater created her own unique soundscape.

I liked the first 3 tracks, indifferent to the rest.

Least Fav: Chop Suey