Reveries for the laziest day of the week
The angel that sings gorgeous, sounds gorgeous and looks gorgeous
released her new, heart-and-soul-and-mind chilling LP Big Time a year
ago.
The starry-eyed country tearjerker ALL THE GOOD TIMES
is the stand-out pearl to my ears.
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Last year in Amsterdam – Pure beauty – photo by Turn Up The Volume
Reveries for the laziest day of the week
16 April 2023
Chrystal clear Chicago voice ANGEL OLSEN (born Angelina Maria Carroll
36 years ago) released her notable longplayer with Big Time, her 5th one,
last year.
And she’s already back now with a brand new 4-track EP named
FOREVER MEANS. Three calming lullabies and one remarkable
cry out.
Enjoy.
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Reveries for the laziest day of the week
12 March 2023
Enchanting Chicago voice ANGEL OLSEN (born Angelina Maria Carroll 36 years ago)
scored probably her best longplayer so far in her career with Big Time, her 5th LP,
last year.
She just announced a new EP named Forever Means with
songs from those Big Time sessions. It’ll be out on 14 April.
The first appetizer NOTHING’S FREE is a jazzy musing, lazy and soothing, with
some mellow saxophone, snug retro organs and, of course, Olsen‘s tempting,
whispering voice.
Olsen: “It’s about that point when self-denial breaks and you notice how long you’ve been restraining who you are. It felt really difficult to exclude it from Big Time, but it felt more soulful than the direction of that record; it was coming from a different place. For me, when I wrote it,
I was coming to terms with my identity and sexuality. I was opening up in a new way.”
Dim the lights, sit down and enjoy.
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28 December 2022
The angel that sings gorgeous, sounds gorgeous, and looks gorgeous
released her new, heart-and-soul-and-mind touching LP Big Time last June.
Last August Olsen stopped at The Tonight Show on her promo tour, where
she played, with her big time band, that sublime country tearjerker of the
album ALL THE GOOD TIMES.
Magical.
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Live at Paradiso Club in Amsterdam – 15 October 2022 – photos by TUTV
Best heart-and-soul touching reveries of 2022
All Together on Spotify
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Song by Song
(photo byTurn Up The Volume – Antwerp, 6 June 2022)
1. ‘Come Back’ by SHARON VAN ETTEN
Album: We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
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(Photo By Turn Up The Volume – Amsterdam, 15 October 2022)
2. ‘All The Good Times’ by ANGEL OLSEN (St. Louis, Missouri)
Album: Big Time
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3.’Change’ by BIG THIEF (Brooklyn, New York)
Album: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe You
4. ‘The Epidemiologist’ by PETER DOHERTY & FREDERIC LO (UK/France)
Album: The Fantasy Life Of Poetry & Crime
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5. ‘Gospel At The Night Club’ by ASHLEY McBRYDE
Album: Ashley McBride Presents: Lindeville
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6. ‘Stay’ by KAT KOAN (Berlin)
Album: Cocoon
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(Photo by Turn Up The Volume)
7. ‘Train Comes Through’ by EZRA FURMAN (Chicago, US)
Album: All Of Us Flames
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8. ‘Story To Tell’ by RYAN THOMAS SMELLE (Canada)
Album: In The Homestretch
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9. ‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The World’ by YEAH YEAH YEAHS (New York City)
Album: Cool It Down
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10. ‘Firmament’ by DIM GRAY (Oslo, Norway)
Album: Firmament
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(Photo by Andy Foster)
11. ‘I Wish That I Could Sing It For You’ by NICOLAS ROWE (Columbus, Ohio)
Album: The Circle Remains Unbroken
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Album: The Other Side Of Make-Believe
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13. ‘Arkansas’ by THE TRUSTED (Southend-on-Sea, UK)
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14.’Save Me’ by WAITING FOR SMITH (UK)
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15. ‘Life And Lies’ by LEE ROGERS (Northern Ireland)
Album: Gameblood
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(Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Antwerp, 8 April 2022)
16. ‘I Love You’ by FONTAINES D.C. (Dublin, Ireland)
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17. ‘Amber’ by SERJ TANKIAN (from Systems Of A Dawn) and SEVAK AMROYAN
Sung in Armenian
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(Photo by Jeremy McGuire)
18. ‘Christmas In October’ by MIKE & THE NERVE (Gainesville, FL)
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19. ‘Wasting’ by FERNA (US)
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20. ‘Always Together With You’ by SPIRITUALIZED (UK)
Jason Pierce‘s orchestra
Album: Everything Was Beautiful
Cool.
22 September 2022
The angel that sings gorgeous, sounds gorgeous and looks gorgeous
released her new, heart-and-soul-and-mind stirring LP Big Time last June.
Olsen stars now in the alluring video clip for single ALL THE GOOD TIMES.
A sublime country tearjerker. One of the best songs/ballads of the year.
Watch here.
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Angel, although you’re a star to me.
(photo on top: cover of her new EP ‘Ailses’)
Angel Olsen played the title track of her new country music-inspired
album BIG TIME on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show a couple of days ago.
Angelic voice…
BIG TIME
5 June 2022
Artist: ANGEL OLSEN
(born Angelina Maria Carroll 35 years ago)
Who: Singer-songwriter from Chicago with a
golden voice, so far she made 5 studio albums
Active: Since 2009 / 6 studio LPs (new one included)
New Album: BIG TIME
Release: 3 June 2022 – more info here
“The album was written during the time Olsen was coming out as
queer, and having her first experience of queer love and heartbreak.
At the same time, she finally came out to her parents.”
Olsen: “Finally, at the ripe age of 34, I was free to be me.”
NME‘s verdict: “Angel Olsen’s sixth album turns a period of intense emotion into an assured, Americana-flecked triumph… Angel Olsen must have experienced an intense mix of emotions during the creation of her sixth studio album ‘Big Time’. In the months after she came out as gay to her parents, both of them died; she started recording three weeks after her mother’s funeral. Around the same time, she experienced the freedom of her first queer relationship, and the pain of her first queer heartbreak… In keeping with that personal tumult (and, indeed, the record’s title), ‘Big Time’ is a record of huge emotional range. There is bold drama and there are deep and tender stretches of dark introspection.” Score: 4/5.
Turn Up The Volume: Melodrama at its goosebumps best. Big Time is an intimate Americana-country masterwork. Very personal, both sad and romantic, sepia-colored and her angelic voice once again as the heroine. This minimally orchestrated diamond has a timeless human feel with echoes of country stars such as Dolly Parton, Tammy Waynette, Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams. Music for the midnight candle hours for grief-stricken hearts and lost souls.
Singles/clips: All The Good Times / Big Time
– ALL THE GOOD TIMES –
Most gripping love ballad
I heard in years
– BIG TIME –
Full album glowing on Spotify
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