28 April 2026
I am a SHARON VAN ETTEN fan since year one (2007). The New Jersey-based sogstress has (so far) 7 longplayers under her belt with last year’s Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory as her latest one.
For this adrenaline shots sheries I picked her astounding live rendition of
SEVENTEEN at Glastonbury Festival in 2019 from her Remind Me Tomorrow
album (2019).
Magical voval finale.
Shivers down your spine.
9 February 2026
(photo by Turn Up The Volume)
I like you both ways, Sharon.
Daily electricity to load your batteries
17 January 2026
Photo by Jason Thrasher
Artist: CROOKED FINGERS
Who: The ever line-up changing band
of seasoned North Carolina songsmith
Eric Bachmann.
Track: HAUNTED
New piece from his upcoming 7th, only his first in
15 years, titled Sweth Deth. It’s out on 27 February.
New album artwork
Haunted is a goosebumps duet with eminent songstress
Sharon Van Etten. An impassioned, wholehearted, vocal
delight.
Enjoy.
10 December 2025
Early December, the soundtrack to the Xmas comedy movie
OH. WHAT. FUN. came out with artists covering other artists’
Xmas songs.
Among them, the tremendous SHARON VAN ETTEN.
Listen to her version of The Pretenders 1987 hit 2000 MILES
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Original
4 February 2025
(Photo by TUTV – Antwerp, Belgium)
She released her newest LP last February.
7 February 2025
Renowned Brooklyn-based songstress (one of my favorite voices of the past years)
Sharon Van Etten has her 7th LP, named SHARON VAN ETTEN & THE ATTACHMENT THEORY .
It’s the first album which credits her band, named
for the occasion, The Attachment Theory.
Van Etten: “For the first time in my life I asked the band if we could just jam.
Words that have never come out of my mouth – ever! But I loved all the sounds
we were getting. I was curious – what would happen? In an hour we wrote two
songs that ended up becoming “I Can’t Imagine” and “Southern Life”.
“Sometimes it’s exciting, sometimes it’s scary, sometimes you feel stuck. It’s like every day feels a little different – just being at peace with whatever you’re feeling and whoever you are and how you relate to people in that moment. If I can just keep a sense of openness while knowing that my feelings change every day, that is all I can do right now. That and try to be the best person I can be while letting other people be who they are and not taking it personally and just being. I’m not there, but I’m trying to be there every day.”
Album artwork
UNCUT Magazine says: “Enjoying a kind of midlife techno-goth glow-up,
on tracks “Idiot Box” and the incendiary “Indio” coming on like a female
fronted Future Islands or Pat Benatar joining Curve.”
TUTV: Sonically, Van Etten‘s most vigorous record to date. At times Van Etten
rocks out (Idiot Box / Indio / I Can’t Imagine (Why You Feel This Way) / Somethin’ Ain’t Right)
as she had never done before, with the help of the zealous Attachment Theory band.
Overall the sound is more puissant, more dynamic, more sinewy than on her previous work, with waves of synths, firm percussion and buzzy guitar electrification. You can feel the joie de vivre at work here. Never a dull moment. Only solid gold songs.
Next to the three topflight singles, the closing track is the magical highlight. An almost
7-minute, melodramatic piece of bone-chilling music that makes the hair in your neck stand up. A masterly vocal tour de force. A majestic end of a majestic album. Simply her best. Splendiferous.
SINGLES: Afterlife / Southern Life (What It Must Be Like?) / Trouble
– AFTERLIFE –
– SOUTHERN LIFE –
– TROUBLE –
ALBUM
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TOUR
Every week 10 new rad tracks added
In order to not miss a beat Turn Up The Volume scans the musical
horizon daily (doing it for years now, actually) to stay in touch with
all new things sonically great and shares the results on a weekly
basis.
FULL JUKEBOX (so far)
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The 10 new ones added this week
TRACK-BY-TRACK
Band: CHOSES SAUVAGES
Who: French-language post-punk outfit from Montréal, CA. They carved themselves their own niche with their brand of dance-punk. They have 2 albums on their résumé, so far.
Track: EN JOUE
With this single the group lean little more into classic new-wave territory
while addressing the frustrations evoked by political injustice and the media.
Félix Bélisle (frontman): ‘The song refers to the feeling of helplessness faced by the extremely violent international news from recent years. It also deals with the dehumanization of certain populations taken hostage in armed conflicts and the fear of others.”
Single artwork
Talking Heads meet Gang Of Four. Funky bass/drum-motorized
and guitar-sparkling stroke with some eerie synth moments.
Piece remarquable.
Instagram – Linktree
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Band: RATS
Who: Liverpool team active since the latter stages of the last decade, the band,
led by singer and lyricist, Joe Maddocks, have developed no small reputation for uncompromising social statements coupled with no little humour.
Track: SECTION 60
Joe Maddocks: ”Section 60 means a form of policing where a whole neighborhood is persecuted because of the actions of a few. I was riding home from the studio one night
and was stopped by the police, leading to my anatomy being violated for no reason other
than riding a bicycle. In the cycle lane too. This song isn’t having a go at the police, but the
legislation.
Irrisitible vibe with an instant impact on
your body movements. Get up and bounce
around like a kangaroo on dope.
Instagram – Spotify
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Band: DEXTERITY
Who: Up-and-coming alt/prog rock group, fronted by Sarah Dexter, merging inspirations from progressive metal with alternative rock. Dexterity emphasizes how unconventional rhythms and song structure can appeal naturally to the listener by combining those aspects with flowing melodies and grooves you can dance to.
Track: VESSEL
Sarah: “There can be constant turmoil for people who exist outside rigid gender/sexuality binaries. Transitioning in terms of name and hormones and label is a journey, and it all
takes a while. But I knew presenting femme, as my true self, had to happen. I changed the Vessel and the Vessel changed me, and everything else followed in its own time.”
Single artwork
Wayward forth-and-back trip juiced with jumpy guitars
and intensified with mixed emotions lyrics/vocals.
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Instagram – Linktree
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Artist: RAGING LINES
Who: The musical project of Norwegian songwriter Sondre Thomassen Thorvik.
He delivers catchy post-punk, dark indie rock, and seek out combinations from
the likes of Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack and Johnny Cash,
to name a few.
Track: LET ME HAVE THIS MOMENT
A darkwavish reverie getting slowly
but surely under your skin.
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Instagram
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Artist: SHARON VAN ETTEN & THE ATTACHMENT THEORY
Who: The reknowed brooklyn-based songstress who credits
her band for the first time.
“For the first time in my life I asked the band if we could just jam. Words that have
never come out of my mouth – ever! But I loved all the sounds we were getting. I was
curious – what would happen? In an hour we wrote two songs that ended up becoming
“I Can’t Imagine” and “Southern Life.”
Track: SOUTHERN LIFE (WHAT IT MUST BE LIKE)
Preview from the upcoming, self-titled LP, out on
7 February 2025.
Feverish, fetching, and hypnotizing atmospherics.
Instagram – Linktree
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Photo by Luke Jones
Band: THE ANSELLS
Who: 3 indies from Birmingham.
Track: WINNER STAYS ON
“Winner Stays On encapsulates what we’re about as a band, it combines a side of non-stop energetic rock with more melodic and thoughtful lyricism. We believe it’s got The Ansells’ sound which we’re working towards. We hope it will introduce us to new fans as we have plenty more where that came from. We’re only just getting started.”
Stirring indie guitar Brit-pop
tune that sticks after one spin.
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Linktree
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Artist: PETE BRILEY
Who: British singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist
who played in different bands before following his own
path.
Track: CRACKING THE FLACKS
Briley: “It was the first time a woman had ever brought me a drink – she asked how
old I was and immediately bolted. ‘I don’t know what the weather was doing in Bradford
on my 19th birthday, but it’s a metaphor for the exuberance of youth, chasing your dreams.”
Special experience wrapped in an infectious
melody flavored with emotive vocals.
Facebook – Linktree
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Band: THE HORRORS
Who: Celebrated psychedelic
synth-dark-wave desperados.
Track: LOTUS EATER
Piece from their 7th full length, their first in 7 years,
named Night Life. It’ll hit the streets on March 21st.
Hallucinatory Odyssey sliding all
over glistening synth waves.
Instagram – Facebook – All Albums
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Promo photo
Artist: SKY FERREIRA
Who: Famous American songstress,
model and actrice. So far, she released
2 albums.
Track: LEASH
From the upcoming A24 film Babygirl hitting
the theatres on Xmas day. Her first new music
in 3 years.
Orchestrated pop bliss.
Sky-touching vocals.
Instagram – Spotify
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Band: CLOAKROOM Q.
Who: Irish indies who started in 2016. The group has been through many iterations.
They have a keen common desire to explore their creative abilities without limitations, the 4 piece have been working together for years to reach a “Halfway point between Roxy Music and Death Grips.”
Single: NAIL IN YOUR HEAD
“A three-and-a-half-minute track that leaves no stone unturned during their exploration
of ideas, as they veer and sway between lounge act and heavy metal apocalypse. It’s the sound of the band that plays at the Overlook Hotel as Jack Nicholson gets served by the best bar man from the netherworld. Mike Patton’s favourite band he’s yet to hear.”
Both intriguing and capricious thrill throwing
you forth and back. Fascinating stroke.
13 May 2024
(photo by Turn Up The Volume)
Horrible.
Reveries for the laziest day of the week
12 November 2023
Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Antwerp, Belgium, 2022
Last year grand songstress-voice SHARON VAN ETTEN, born in New Jersey
started her career in 2007. Since then she recorded/released 6 studio LPs,
with last year’s We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong as her best, so far,
to my ears.
Lately she started writing new music for films/series soundtracks.
CLOSE TO YOU is one of the 2 songs she wrote for the soundtrack
of The Buccaneers.
A drama TV series, about American society girls in England, based on the unfinished novel of the same name by American novelist Edith Wharton published posthumously in 1938. The series premiered last week on Apple TV+. Also on the soundtrack Lucius, Warpaint, Bully, and the Kills’ Alison Mosshart, and more.
CLOSE TO YOU
FULL SOUNDTRACK
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Sharon Van Etten: Instagram – Linktree
I have second thoughts about getting up today.