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Artist | Angel Olsen
Title | My Woman
Genre | Indie Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 47:19
Label | Jagjaguar Store | 2016
Catalog | JAG284 Rip | 2016
Bitrate | 234 kbps Size | 82.67 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Intern 2:45
02. Never Be Mine 3:39
03. Shut Up Kiss Me 3:21
04. Give It Up 2:54
05. Not Gonna Kill You 4:55
06. Heart Shaped Face 5:32
07. Sister 7:44
08. Those Were The Days 4:16
09. Woman 7:32
10. Pops 4:41
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Raised in St. Louis, Missouri and later relocating to Chicago, Illinois,
indie folk singer/songwriter Angel Olsen began performing in St. Louis
coffee shops in her teenage years, eventually branching out and tapping
into a network of like-minded artists. Olsen worked with California
musician Emmett Kelly as part of his collective the Cairo Gang, singing
harmonies on Bonnie Prince Billy's 2010 album "The Wonder Show Of The
World", as well as its 2011 follow-up, "Wolfroy Goes to Town". In 2010,
Olsen released "Strange Cacti", a cassette of original Americana songs that
was later reissued as a 12-inch, both with Bathetic Records.
Following the acclaimed "Burn Your Fire For No Witness" and its expanded
sound by two-and-a-half years, Olsen broadens her palette even more on LP
four, "My Woman". Now with a long enough discography to note trends, she's
made a steady transformation from tormented acoustic crooner to veritable
indie rock songstress, if one still capable of the most intimate of
deliveries. "My Woman" has the full range on display, including some
electronics and extroversion not heard from her previously, as dictated by
a loose story arc that follows the stages of a doomed relationship, all
told from a woman's point of view. The album was recorded live to tape with
a five-piece backing band at Vox Studios in Los Angeles.
In the ambivalent opener, "Intern", our heroine reluctantly decides to have
one last go at love, foreshadowing with 'DoesnÆt matter who you are or what
you do/Something in the world will make a fool of you'. The song's
atmospheric electronics, a first for Olsen, brace listeners for that
expanded palette from the opening seconds. A couple of tracks later is the
infectious "Shut Up Kiss Me". Also unlike any of her prior material, it's
an aggressive retro rocker that captures unbridled passion and lust ('I
ain't giving up tonight'). Co-dependency sets in on "Give It Up". and
insecurity follows on "Not Gonna Kill You". both full-band, electric-guitar
tunes.
Arrangements get sparer as the subject matter gets more philosophical and
despondent, such as on the artful "Sister". a dusty, nearly eight-minute
epic that bargains with the future. Soon, "Those Were The Days" wonders
'Will you ever know the same love that I know?'. The breathy torch song is
devoid of the singer's trademark heart-aching yodel, forgoing past country
styling for low-key jazz-rock. In stark contrast to some of the other songs
on the record, the closer, "Pops", is a solo piano dirge that bookends the
album with its somber opener ('I'll be the thing that lives in the dream
when it's gone').
While some tracks will surprise established fans, to say that My Woman is a
departure or style swap for Olsen doesn't really take into account the
album as a whole. The elements that are new here play out like a means to
an end for a songwriter with a tale to tell, one chock-full of raw
emotions. The songs stand just fine on their own, too, out of context. So,
load up the playlists, but consider giving the album a proper front-to-back
play through at least once for old time's sake.
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