Enchanting Chicago voice ANGEL OLSEN (born Angelina Maria Carroll 36 years ago)
scored probably her best longplayer so far in her career withBig 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.”
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.
The angel that sings gorgeous, sounds gorgeous, and looks gorgeous
released her new, heart-and-soul-and-mind chilling LP Big Time last June.
Yesterday night she went on The Tonight Show where she played, with her big time band, that sublime country tearjerker ALL THE GOOD TIMES (best
ballad of the year so far, to my ears).
And Olsen also surprised when she thanked, midway during the song, the audience
and host Jimmy Fallon, and she wished co-host Demi Lovato a happy birthday. Lovely.
Dim the lights, lit a candle,
and enjoy this gorgeous angel.
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
TURN UP THE VOLUME 