Right when I was revisiting Eartheater’s incredible 2020 album Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin, and considering it to potentially be the best album of the 2020s so far, she announces a new album, Powders, out September 22nd via Chemical X / Mad Decent.

The first track off the project, “Pure Smile Snake Venom”, sees Eartheater return to the more pop-focused productions found on pre-2020 albums like Trinity, with a throbbing, late-90s rave-influenced instrumental co-produced by Sega Bodega. The song sees Eartheater potentially forgiving a partner that “fucked up”, and withholds her venom despite having every right to use it, instead opting to see how the partner can improve and mend the relationship in the future. A flashed smile to soothe, but contains fangs to kill if provoked. It’s a compelling concept, and executed with grace amongst the pulsating, hypnotizing instrumental.

I’m incredibly excited for this upcoming LP – Eartheater is an artist like no other, and I can’t wait to see where she moves the needle elsewhere on the full project. Powders is out September 22nd via Chemical X / Mad Decent.