Eva Moolchan, better known as Sneaks, is an American

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musician from

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According to ''

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''s Jordan Bassett, "she favours short, sharp, effortlessly cool compositions that worm their way into your consciousness without breaking a sweat."

Biography

Moolchan was born and raised in Silver Spring,

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. She formed the band Shitstains with Katie Alice Greer, in which Moolchan sang and played guitar and Greer played drums. Moolchan went on to participate in Blood, a

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project, and the Young Trynas, in which she played bass. She then began her solo career as "Sneaks" while attending the

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. Her solo debut recording was the cassette ''Sneaks'', originally released in 2014 on the independent

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imprint. In 2015, ''Sneaks'' was reissued by the French record label Danger Records as an LP under the title ''Gymnastics''. She then signed with

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, which reissued ''Gymnastics'' again in 2016. Her second studio album, ''It's a Myth'', was released on Merge in March 2017. It was followed by ''Highway Hypnosis'', which was released in January 2019, also on Merge. ''Highway Hypnosis'' was produced by Carlos Hernandez, Tony Seltzer, and Tewadaj Eva Moolchan.

Discography

*''Sneaks'' ( Sister Polygon cassette, 2014) *''Gymnastics'' (Danger, 2015) *''It's a Myth'' (

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, 2017) *''Highway Hypnosis'' (Merge, 2019) *''Happy Birthday'' (Merge, 2020) *''The Eva EP'' (Merge, 2022)

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References

Living people Singers from Washington, D.C. Merge Records artists People from Silver Spring, Maryland Maryland Institute College of Art alumni American spoken word artists American post-punk musicians Year of birth missing (living people) American punk rock bass guitarists Women bass guitarists Women in punk {{US-musician-stub