Eliza Edens is a Brooklyn-based songwriter who writes songs that dance inside the white-hot intersection of pleasure and pain. Bold and sincere, their songs are like antique cameo necklaces–snapshots of tenderness, worn close to the heart. Punchy electric guitars and drums, gentle keys, and flourishes of saxophone and electronic percussion accent Edens’ voice as they sing of lovers & lilacs, grief & gratitude, and Freud’s “death drive.” Edens’ music brushes up against pop, rock, folk, and country–with their voice as the glue that binds each genre foray together into a commanding sound. Their music poignantly moves through the landscape of grief, while also foisting joy, love, and humor up to the light.
Edens came up initially on the DIY songwriter circuit–playing self-booked tours of small clubs and listening rooms on the quiet success of 2020’s Time Away From Time and 2022’s lush acoustic-fingerpicked We’ll Become the Flowers. They earned praise from outlets such as Paste Magazine, The Nashville Scene, Spill Magazine, and Americana UK while incessantly touring across America. Cutting their teeth on the road eventually paid off as Edens won runner-up at the esteemed Telluride Troubadour Songwriting competition in 2024. The veneer of a quiet songster singing breezy Nick Drake-esque melodies was quickly dashed after Edens lost their mother in late 2024 after a long journey with early-onset dementia. After releasing 2025’s lo-fi collection of voice memos it’s your birthday & you’re gorgeous with no fanfare or promotion, Edens disappeared from touring for the better part of a year. Some say Edens went out to New Mexico to find god. Others say Edens turned into a butterfly and floated south to greener pastures. Edens will say that they continued to find hope in writing songs.
Newly molded by the black hole of grief, the singer recently reemerged with their first single in 3 years, “Leash.” With a fresh palette of bouncy electric bass, watery keys, and off-kilter guitars, Edens encourages the listener to give in to their vices yet keep them in check. The track marks a shift in style for them and serves as a hint of what’s to come. Edens is currently putting finishing touches on a new record.
“The Berkshires-born artist, now based in Brooklyn by way of Colorado, is no stranger to transition, examining love, death and nature in turns… The indie-folk artist’s sophomore release finds [them] intensifying the questions of their debut with a sharpened, vulnerable edge.”
“Edens' vocals have a way of cutting to your deepest feelings with their husky intonation and a warmth that proves itself soothing even at moments of despair and worry. … We'll Become the Flowers is a sturdy little album that allows them to assert themself as someone who is quite skilled at delivering their message with power and a beautiful grace.”
“We’ll Become the Flowers is superior singer-songwriter music…”