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Maya Hawke’s success in Stranger Things and recent teen dramedy Do Revenge have solidified her as a promising new presence in Hollywood, or at least on Netflix. But she’s found another foothold in understated indie folk. Hawke’s second album, Moss, the follow-up to her 2020 debut Blush, sets endearing and melancholic self-reflection against warm, drumless instrumentation. She narrates each song in a white-smoke soprano, viewing herself and others through eyes both critical and kindly.
Moss is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter and actress Maya Hawke (daughter of UMA THURMAN & ETHAN HAWKE). It is the follow up to her positively received debut album Blush.
Hawke and co-producer Benjamin Lazar Davis created the album’s intimate, insulated sound with help from Christian Lee Hutson and Jonathan Low, whose respective past credits include Phoebe Bridgers’ Punisher and Taylor Swift’s folklore. “We made sure that every sound we used on the record we used three times,” Hawke said in a recent interview. The recurring musical characters foster a sense of familiarity that’s comforting. With soulful vocals, delicate stories and vulnerable lyrics, Moss makes for a delightful listen.
