Hole Erth is the eighth studio album by American musician Chaz Bear under the name Toro y Moi.

[2] As a west-coast resident, the influences of the Bay Area and California in general provided another reference point, including for the name of the album, playing on the title of the 60's periodical Whole Earth, which he found while exploring books on self-sufficiency published from the '60s counterculture.

[3] Merging the identities he held as a teenager in South Carolina and a new father in his thirties in California served as a theme for the writing and sonic direction of the album.

[4] Clash Magazine praised the album's bold mixing of genres and willingness to "completely lean into these new found sounds, with the clarity and expertise that has been heard throughout [Bear's] discography thus far".

[5] Writing for Paste, Alex Gonzales called the album "[Bear's] strongest as a concept", and stated "the 13 songs flow smoothly throughout the close-knit package", praising "Heaven" as a strong climax for the record.