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Hannah Cohen Returns With “Golden Chain,” a Luminous Single That Extends Her Earthstar Mountain Mood
With “Golden Chain,” Hannah Cohen follows Earthstar Mountain with a spare, emotionally sharp single that reinforces her slow-burn aesthetic ahead of a wide U.S. and European tour run.
“The song just spilled out of me in an afternoon; it’s for the ethers now.” That’s how Hannah Cohen describes Golden Chain, her first new release since 2023’s Earthstar Mountain, and the offhand origin story fits the track’s drifting feel. The Catskills-based singer-songwriter keeps things spare here: a hushed arrangement, soft retro-pop edges, and a folk core that never turns precious. It’s intimate without sounding fragile.
Cohen has always had a voice that cuts clean through minimal production, and Golden Chain leans into that strength. Her soprano arrives bright and slightly unvarnished, especially on the pointed line, “I wanna matter more to you than those internet girls you do.” It’s a lyric grounded in contemporary jealousy, but she sings it with old-soul restraint, which gives the song its tension. If listeners hear shades of Faye Webster or Lana Del Rey in the palette, it’s less imitation than shared atmosphere: melancholy delivered with style and emotional control.
The Keenan O’Meara-directed video sharpens that atmosphere. Cohen is styled like a mid-century screen icon, but placed in a quieter upstate setting rather than a studio fantasy, and that contrast does most of the work. The visual language nods to glamour, while the song stays private and unresolved. Together, they present Cohen not as a revivalist act, but as an artist building a specific world across records and visuals.
That continuity matters in this phase of her career. Earthstar Mountain positioned Cohen as a songwriter comfortable with spacious, patient compositions, and Golden Chain doesn’t reset the narrative so much as deepen it. The new single also arrives ahead of an unusually broad run of dates, from U.S. festival stops and rooms like Hoxton Hall in London to support slots with Caamp and Alabama Shakes-adjacent audiences. In practical terms, it’s a smart bridge release: small in scale, clear in identity, and timed to meet a widening live footprint.
Touring now stretches from May through September, with appearances at Kilby Block Party, BottleRock, Montréal Jazz Festival, Way Out West, and multiple UK and Nordic dates before late-summer amphitheater shows back in the U.S. Whether she’s playing festival fields or theaters, Golden Chain suggests Cohen is leaning further into subtlety rather than chasing volume. In a cycle where many artists use post-album singles to pivot hard, she’s choosing refinement instead.
TOUR DATES:
05/17 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party
05/21 – San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall
05/22 – Napa, CA @ BottleRock Festival
06/18 – Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival
06/25 – Montreal, QC @ Montréal Jazz Festival
06/26 – Brattleboro, VT @ The Stone Church
06/26 – Portland, ME @ SPACE Gallery
06/28 – North Adams, MA @ Wilco’s Solid Sound @ Mass MoCA
07/9-12 – Oakbank, MB @ Winnipeg Folk Festival
07/18 – Bangor, ME @ Maine Savings Amphitheater *
07/21 – Canandaigua, NY @ CMAC *
07/23 – Queens, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium *
07/25 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion *
08/09 – Winterthur, Switzerland @ Club Winterthur Music Festival
08/12-15 – Oslo, Norway @ ØYA Festival
08/14-15 – Tromsø, Norway @ Tromsø Sentrum AS
08/15 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Way Out West
08/16 – Helsinki, Finland @ Suvilahden kaasukello
08/18 – London, UK @ Hoxton Hall
08/19 – Manchester, UK @ Yes Manchester
08/20 – Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew
08/28 – Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing Festival Field ^
08/29 – Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing Festival Field ^
08/30 – Madison WI @ Breese Stevens Field ^
09/01 – Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater ^
09/02 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall ^* w/ Caamp
^ w/ Alabama Shakes
