bio

Music that holds you while you cry: Hannah Sandoz's music explores tenderness, shared experiences, and emotional memory. They started writing songs as a teen living in Lafayette, LA with scrappy recording techniques and candid lyrics. Through years of classical training in composition and production, they've embraced morose lyrics and lush soundscapes, painting pictures as dense and vivid as the swamps that bore them. 

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Part of their undergraduate work at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music included learning to arrange live performances of their solo work for guitar, voice, and laptop. Now based in Chicago, IL, Sandoz performs with a laptop onstage, using electronic processing to render universal stories of day-to-day life into complex worlds that coax and stir even the most skeptical of audiences.​ 

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Their debut LP, Leaving the party early, was released in March 2023, two years after moving to Chicago. To promote its release, they toured across the midwest and east coast, playing at indie venues like the Horn Gallery (Gambier, OH) and Rubulad (NYC). Closely following was a 6-track EP called Held and Holding, released in September 2024 and followed by its own tour. Their "West Coast, etc." tour will take place October 2025, a 16-day run spanning the midwest, west coast, and southwest US- their longest tour yet. Learn more here! 

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Hannah Sandoz’s ethereal vocals and cozy instrumentals take on a rustic allure that will resonate with fans of Grouper, Katie Dey, or Adrianne Lenker.​

 

For booking inquiries, please see their contact page.