Marie-Ann Hedonia’s “Solar Eclipse” Holds Its Shape
Marie-Ann Hedonia’s new EP, “Solar Eclipse,” is her most collaborative and structurally refined release to date. Recorded across Los Angeles, Massachusetts, and Germany, the project features tracks shaped by a rotating cast of vocalists and a tightly controlled production style. Hedonia’s approach is methodical. Each track is built from the ground up using tools like the Buchla 200-E, Moog Model 10, and Polyend Tracker. The gear matters, but it never overshadows the work. What matters more is how she uses it to build systems that behave like memory—layered, precise, and sometimes sharp.
The EP opens with “Fuck Your Feelings,” a breakup track that doesn’t linger. Casey Desmond’s voice is clipped and direct. Hedonia’s production is clean and rhythmic, letting the emotional exhaustion sit without embellishment. The message is processed, not performed.
“CUNT$MASHEß,” featuring Delia Liederschuh, is heavier. Liederschuh’s voice is steady and cool, which makes the track’s feminist message land with more force. It’s about looking back at a younger self who wanted to be seen but didn’t yet know how to be heard. The metaphor of the paw-saw—a fictional weapon wielded by a woman protecting younger women from harm—is brutal and effective. The production doesn’t soften the edges. It holds them.
“I wanted this song to have a feminist message. It’s really about the growth of a young girl who wants to be looked at, who wants to be sexy. She’s watching the DJ and doesn’t know what it’s like to be heard, and she is easily taken advantage of. Looking at her as a grown woman, though, we see someone who needs protecting. This is a song about growing up and looking back and preventing pain for our younger selves/younger women,” says Delia Liederschuh.
“Passages Pt. 2” began as an ambient piece. Hedonia stripped it down, kept the vocals from The Galaxy Electric, and rebuilt the track using a CDJ and drum samples. The new version is tighter and more directional. It’s a good example of how she works, not chasing a mood, just reshaping until it fits.
Other tracks like “Self Care,” “Family Trauma,” and “Free Delivery” feature Hedonia herself on vocals. These are industrial and dry in tone. “Self Care” reads like a hardcore electronica memoir. “Family Trauma” is an ironic take on how we process inherited damage. “Free Delivery” critiques convenience culture without needing to explain itself.
“Solar Eclipse” doesn’t behave like a concept record, but it holds together like one. Each track has its own logic, but they orbit a shared center: control, memory, and the mechanics of emotional survival. Hedonia doesn’t overstate. She builds, adjusts, and lets the work speak, and this EP does exactly that.