Maria DeHart

Maria DeHart began writing songs during her college years in Charlottesville, Virginia. She currently resides in Portland, Oregon, where you can often find her playing local shows. During the spring of 2020, in the blurred-together, overlong, and impossibly-difficult-to-keep-track-of epoch of quarantine, DeHart dove into self-reflection. Navigating the complete lack of physical freedom of lockdown afforded her freedom of a new kind – the time to explore creatively and spontaneously.

While she usually performs with a band, DeHart shifted her focus to writing and recording, putting together a series of quiet and dreamy songs. From uncertainty and chaos, DeHart stitched together her latest EP, Quarantunes, a collection of comfortably crafted bedroom-pop songs that exists in liminal spaces: sun-dusted apartments, small bedrooms, and anywhere but outdoors.

Maria DeHart&#39;s unconventional yet nostalgic sound is pleasantly hazy, cloaked in reverb and ear-catching melodies. Her composition reminds listeners of the relaxed flow of <a href="spotify:artist:37w38cCSGgKLdayTRjna4W" data-name="Mazzy Star">Mazzy Star</a>&#39;s record <a href="spotify:album:5K18gTgac0q6Jma5HkV1vA" data-name="So Tonight That I Might See">So Tonight That I Might See</a> while her pertinent lyrics point to contemporary indie rock artists like <a href="spotify:artist:4wXchxfTTggLtzkoUhO86Q" data-name="Soccer Mommy">Soccer Mommy</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4QkSD9TRUnMtI8Fq1jXJJe" data-name="Snail Mail">Snail Mail</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:1r1uxoy19fzMxunt3ONAkG" data-name="Phoebe Bridgers">Phoebe Bridgers</a>. Sounds of the early 2000s shine through DeHart&#39;s music, pointing to the powerful vocals and simple yet effective guitar lines of <a href="spotify:artist:6G7OerKc3eBO9sVkRNopFC" data-name="Cat Power">Cat Power</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:5IWCU0V9evBlW4gIeGY4zF" data-name="Waxahatchee">Waxahatchee</a>.