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 melancholy lyrics and lush soundscapes, painting pictures as dense and vivid as the swamps that bore them. 

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After graduating high school, Sandoz attended the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, OH. It was here that they learned to arrange live performances of their solo work for guitar, voice, and laptop. Now based in Chicago, Sandoz uses live electronic processing to render universal stories of day-to-day life into complex worlds that coax and stir even the most skeptical of audiences.​ "summer song", a track from their latest EP, embodies this with a mesmerizing wash of layered vocals that spiral and curl over one another before breaking into angelic harmony.

Held and Holding was released in September 2024, three years after Sandoz relocated to Chicago. To promote its release, they toured across the midwest and east coast, playing at independent venues like the Psychic Garden (Rochester, NY) and Alphaville (NYC). 

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

Booking inquiries: hannahsandoz55@gmail.com