# Hannah Cole Announces Debut Album Switchbacks: Hear “MMA”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/hannah-cole-announces-debut-album-switchbacks-hear-mma/
- Published: 2026-07-10T14:39:40+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-11T05:14:33+00:00
- Original publisher: Stereogum
- Original article: https://stereogum.com/2504684/hannah-cole-announces-debut-album-switchbacks-hear-mma/music/
- Topics: Business, Entertainment, Markets, Music

## Summary

Nashville-based musician Hannah Cole has announced her debut album, Switchbacks, which is due out in September via Tight Knit. The record follows her 2024 Glisten EP and 2023 Big Bite EP, and its release is accompanied by the lead single "MMA", framed as a "down-on-her-luck" track.

Cole recorded the album with frequent collaborator Josef Kuhn in their home studio between 2024 and 2025, playing nearly every instrument themselves, with mixing by Sonny Diperri (American Football, Wisp, Julie). "MMA" pairs gritty, "sandpaper" guitars and heavy drums in a style recalling 1990s shoegaze, offset by Cole's brighter vocals, drawing comparisons to Soccer Mommy. The song references the brutality of MMA fighting and draws inspiration from Joan Didion's novel Play It As It Lays, Las Vegas and the music industry. The ten-track Switchbacks is out on 4 September and is available to pre-order.

## Coverage

- [Stereogum: Hannah Cole Announces Debut Album Switchbacks: Hear “MMA”](https://stereogum.com/2504684/hannah-cole-announces-debut-album-switchbacks-hear-mma/music/)
- [Brooklyn Vegan: Hannah Cole announces debut album & fall tour dates: hear u201cMMAu201d](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/hannah-cole-announces-debut-album-fall-tour-dates-hear-mma/)

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