The songs chose me—I didn’t choose them.” Powders is the fifth studio album by American experimental musician Eartheater.
[9] Online retailer Bandcamp spotlighted Powders as Album of the Day, with critic Andrew Parks writing that the music "finds much of its power in minimalism and making every last sound count" and that it is "an incredibly cohesive listen despite its moving parts and myriad co-producers".
[5] The Line of Best Fit's Callum Foulds rated Powders a 9 out of 10, writing that the album "displays Eartheater’s talents for creating worlds of hyper-saturated textures and sounds" and is "is another masterwork and continues her steady ascension".
[2] At that same site, Peyton Toups gave a positive review to "Crushing", calling it "a calming sea of trip-hop".
[3] Online streaming service Tidal published a spotlight on this album, with Gabriel Szatan calling the music a set "driven by a rhythmic pulse, with textural accents that twist like curlicues of smoke into inky air", with "more concentrated guitarwork than has ever been heard on a record of" Eartheater's.