Hannah Cohen - Earthstar Mountain (2025)
Earthstar Mountain is a quiet, contemplative record built around soft vocals and understated instrumentation. Most songs lean on sparse guitar, gentle synth pads, and minimal percussion, giving Cohen’s voice a central presence. The production aims for intimacy, often staying close and hushed, as if recorded in a quiet room late at night.
The record succeeds in maintaining a cohesive emotional tone. It’s reflective, melancholy, and calm, with subtle melodic turns that hover rather than push forward. Tracks drift rather than build, creating an immersive yet low-intensity atmosphere that never becomes demanding.
Where the album remains limited is in dynamic range. The mood rarely shifts, and songs tend to occupy similar tempos and textures. The album favors restraint over development, keeping emotional peaks low and transitions understated. That consistency produces comfort, but also predictability.
Earthstar Mountain is a graceful collection of gentle songs — pleasing, quiet, and easy to settle into — though it may leave only a faint impression once it ends.
Genre: Indie Folk
Country: US
Final Verdict: 61% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 647th / 844
Highlight: Mountain
Made me think of:
Marissa Nadler
Becca Stevens
Aldous Harding
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