Sharon Van Etten — „epic Ten“(April 16, 2021) •₼• Když umělec představuje něco nostalgické i zbrusu nové, má něco, co evokuje v paměti domov. Když dokáže proniknout do všeho a požadovat okamžité uznání, má jistě nějaké speciální atributy. Byla to tedy skupinová dynamika mladistvých? Rozhodně ne. Hudba Sharon Van Etten nabízí podivně známou etiku a estetiku. Je to Patti Smith, která dopíjí půllitr Pilsner Urquell, jako když tágo plesklo v bazénu zadní části potápěčského baru. Je další hvězdou na hollywoodském chodníku slávy. ⊥♦⊥ Nejnovější album Van Etten „epic Ten“ je rozdílné od jiných. V jistém smyslu jde o reedici její druhé nahrávky z roku 2010, Epic. Ale je to také něčím mnohem BIGGER. Reedice obsahuje coververze každé písně z původního vydání od takových těžkých vah, jakžmi jistě jsou IDLES, Lucinda Williams, Courtney Barnett a Fiona Apple. Tímto způsobem zní double najednou v kompaktních 14 skladbách, jejichž kreativní dopad se pohybuje od přízračných harmonií Van Etten po industriální pecku IDLES. ♦⊥♦ Celkově je reedice „epic Ten“ od Van Etten úspěšná. Dosáhla opětovného zapálení svého předchozího vydání, přičemž to udělala s čerstvou pochodní. S nadějí bude album hořet dlouho a v mnoha srdcích. Born: February 26, 1981 Genre: Alternative Location: Clinton, NJ/New York, NY, U.S. Album release: April 16, 2021 Record Label: BA DA BING Duration: 62:05 Tracks: 01. A Crime 3:14 02. Peace Signs 2:53 03. Save Yourself 5:00 04. Dsharpg 6:01 05. Don’t Do It 5:06 06. One Day 4:44 07. Love More 5:14 08. Big Red Machine — A Crime 2:50 09. IDLES — Peace Signs 3:09 10. Lucinda Williams — Save Yourself 5:45 11. Shamir — Dsharpg 4:42 12. Courtney Barnett feat. Vagabon — Don’t Do It 4:49 13. St. Panther — One Day 4:06 14. Fiona Apple — Love More 4:32 • Musicians: Brian McTear, Cat Martino, Jim Callan, Jessica Larrabee, Andy LaPlant, Dave Hartley, Brian Christinzio, Jeffrey Kish and Meg Baird Credits: • Produced / Mixed by Brian McTear • Engineered by Amy Morriseey & Brian McTear at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia, PA • Mastered by Paul Hammond & Paul Sinclair at Fat City in Blue Bell, PA • All songs written by Sharon Van Etten • Cover art by Rebekah Nolan • Layout by Mark Ohe Review by Jacob Uitti⌊April 14th 2021⌋ Score: 9/10 • When an artist represents both the nostalgic and the brand new, she has something that makes a home in memory. When she can imbue the numinous and demand immediate recognition, she is assuredly of some special stuff. The music of Sharon Van Etten offers this strangely familiar ethic and aesthetic. She is Patti Smith finishing a pint of Pilsner as the pool cue cracks in the back of the dive bar. • …Van Etten’s newest release, epic Ten, is unlike any other. In one sense, it’s a reissue of her 2010 sophomore record, Epic. But it’s also much more. The reissue includes covers of each song from the original release from such heavyweights as IDLES, Lucinda Williams, Courtney Barnett, and Fiona Apple. In this way, epic Ten is two albums at once in a compact 14 tracks, ranging in creative impact from Van Etten’s ghostly harmonies to IDLES’ industrial wallop. • The record begins with the acoustic~propelled “A Crime.” The lyrics, saturated with anger and remorse, are also breathy, dreamy. But through the sonic lens of Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver’s Big Red Machine, the song is more electric, like a Radiohead song played through a spotty AM radio connection in a beautiful contrast. “Peace Signs” harkens to ’90s rock ‘n’ roll, part Smashing Pumpkins, part Melissa Etheridge. All the while the kick drum bangs. When IDLES take hold on the record’s flip side, that kick portends guttural screams, an explosion. • On “Save Yourself,” Van Etten sings over slide guitars. There’s a new eeriness to her voice now — she’s the last person in the Dust Bowl, and she has one last song to sing. Lucinda Williams understands this mood, she was once that person, too. And her rendition is elongated, patient, dark. By “Dsharpg,” Van Etten has become the breeze through cracked slats in the attic. She is the sound of one’s own personal church. Shamir laser focuses this vibe and offers a neon blue candle to pray to on his cover. • Mid~album track “Don’t Do It” is reflective. It’s a gritty electric guitar with an angel moaning in the distance. Van Etten is low~eyed, fed up at the heft while also acknowledging there are better days ahead. It’s bad, but not all bad. When sung by Courtney Barnett and Vagabon, the song is up front, close, in your ear. It’s as if Barnett doesn’t feel the song itself is enough at this point. • On the album’s penultimate track, “One Day,” Van Etten seems to be remembering the important days now in her rearview mirror. It’s a song she might sing in the tour van, the rest of the band strumming guitars, playing tambourines as the highway stretches past. St. Panther takes the song in the direction of bedroom pop, made with a laptop and the buzz from caffeine at three in the morning. • Final track “Love More” has a solid perspective — it’s the song of someone who’s accepted adulthood and the very personal ups and downs that inevitably come along with that. Friends leave, loved ones pass, but the strength to sing can still grow stronger. Though life is dangerous and dramatic, there is hope, if only borne from your own voice. Perhaps no one knows that better than Fiona Apple. For the one who told us to “fetch the bolt cutters,” fame has been painful. Growth out of that is the only medicine, escape. • https://floodmagazine.com/87010/sharon-van-etten-epic-ten/ BC: https://sharonvanetten.bandcamp.com/album/epic-ten WEB: https://www.sharonvanetten.com/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/SharonVanEttenMusic TW: https://twitter.com/sharonvanetten INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/sharonvanhalen/
•₼• Když umělec představuje něco nostalgické i zbrusu nové, má něco, co evokuje v paměti domov. Když dokáže proniknout do všeho a požadovat okamžité uznání, má jistě nějaké speciální atributy. Byla to tedy skupinová dynamika mladistvých? Rozhodně ne. Hudba Sharon Van Etten nabízí podivně známou etiku a estetiku. Je to Patti Smith, která dopíjí půllitr Pilsner Urquell, jako když tágo plesklo v bazénu zadní části potápěčského baru. Je další hvězdou na hollywoodském chodníku slávy.
⊥♦⊥ Nejnovější album Van Etten „epic Ten“ je rozdílné od jiných. V jistém smyslu jde o reedici její druhé nahrávky z roku 2010, Epic. Ale je to také něčím mnohem BIGGER. Reedice obsahuje coververze každé písně z původního vydání od takových těžkých vah, jakžmi jistě jsou IDLES, Lucinda Williams, Courtney Barnett a Fiona Apple. Tímto způsobem zní double najednou v kompaktních 14 skladbách, jejichž kreativní dopad se pohybuje od přízračných harmonií Van Etten po industriální pecku IDLES.
♦⊥♦ Celkově je reedice „epic Ten“ od Van Etten úspěšná. Dosáhla opětovného zapálení svého předchozího vydání, přičemž to udělala s čerstvou pochodní. S nadějí bude album hořet dlouho a v mnoha srdcích.
Born: February 26, 1981
Genre: Alternative
Location: Clinton, NJ/New York, NY, U.S.
Album release: April 16, 2021
Record Label: BA DA BING
Duration: 62:05
Tracks:
01. A Crime 3:14
02. Peace Signs 2:53
03. Save Yourself 5:00
04. Dsharpg 6:01
05. Don’t Do It 5:06
06. One Day 4:44
07. Love More 5:14
08. Big Red Machine — A Crime 2:50
09. IDLES — Peace Signs 3:09
10. Lucinda Williams — Save Yourself 5:45
11. Shamir — Dsharpg 4:42
12. Courtney Barnett feat. Vagabon — Don’t Do It 4:49
13. St. Panther — One Day 4:06
14. Fiona Apple — Love More 4:32
• Musicians: Brian McTear, Cat Martino, Jim Callan, Jessica Larrabee, Andy LaPlant, Dave Hartley, Brian Christinzio, Jeffrey Kish and Meg Baird
Credits:
• Produced / Mixed by Brian McTear
• Engineered by Amy Morriseey & Brian McTear at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia, PA
• Mastered by Paul Hammond & Paul Sinclair at Fat City in Blue Bell, PA
• All songs written by Sharon Van Etten
• Cover art by Rebekah Nolan
• Layout by Mark Ohe
Review
by Jacob Uitti ⌊April 14th 2021⌋ Score: 9/10
• When an artist represents both the nostalgic and the brand new, she has something that makes a home in memory. When she can imbue the numinous and demand immediate recognition, she is assuredly of some special stuff. The music of Sharon Van Etten offers this strangely familiar ethic and aesthetic. She is Patti Smith finishing a pint of Pilsner as the pool cue cracks in the back of the dive bar.
• …Van Etten’s newest release, epic Ten, is unlike any other. In one sense, it’s a reissue of her 2010 sophomore record, Epic. But it’s also much more. The reissue includes covers of each song from the original release from such heavyweights as IDLES, Lucinda Williams, Courtney Barnett, and Fiona Apple. In this way, epic Ten is two albums at once in a compact 14 tracks, ranging in creative impact from Van Etten’s ghostly harmonies to IDLES’ industrial wallop.
• The record begins with the acoustic~propelled “A Crime.” The lyrics, saturated with anger and remorse, are also breathy, dreamy. But through the sonic lens of Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver’s Big Red Machine, the song is more electric, like a Radiohead song played through a spotty AM radio connection in a beautiful contrast. “Peace Signs” harkens to ’90s rock ‘n’ roll, part Smashing Pumpkins, part Melissa Etheridge. All the while the kick drum bangs. When IDLES take hold on the record’s flip side, that kick portends guttural screams, an explosion.
• On “Save Yourself,” Van Etten sings over slide guitars. There’s a new eeriness to her voice now — she’s the last person in the Dust Bowl, and she has one last song to sing. Lucinda Williams understands this mood, she was once that person, too. And her rendition is elongated, patient, dark. By “Dsharpg,” Van Etten has become the breeze through cracked slats in the attic. She is the sound of one’s own personal church. Shamir laser focuses this vibe and offers a neon blue candle to pray to on his cover.
• Mid~album track “Don’t Do It” is reflective. It’s a gritty electric guitar with an angel moaning in the distance. Van Etten is low~eyed, fed up at the heft while also acknowledging there are better days ahead. It’s bad, but not all bad. When sung by Courtney Barnett and Vagabon, the song is up front, close, in your ear. It’s as if Barnett doesn’t feel the song itself is enough at this point.
• On the album’s penultimate track, “One Day,” Van Etten seems to be remembering the important days now in her rearview mirror. It’s a song she might sing in the tour van, the rest of the band strumming guitars, playing tambourines as the highway stretches past. St. Panther takes the song in the direction of bedroom pop, made with a laptop and the buzz from caffeine at three in the morning.
• Final track “Love More” has a solid perspective — it’s the song of someone who’s accepted adulthood and the very personal ups and downs that inevitably come along with that. Friends leave, loved ones pass, but the strength to sing can still grow stronger. Though life is dangerous and dramatic, there is hope, if only borne from your own voice. Perhaps no one knows that better than Fiona Apple. For the one who told us to “fetch the bolt cutters,” fame has been painful. Growth out of that is the only medicine, escape.
• https://floodmagazine.com/87010/sharon-van-etten-epic-ten/
BC: https://sharonvanetten.bandcamp.com/album/epic-ten
WEB: https://www.sharonvanetten.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/SharonVanEttenMusic
TW: https://twitter.com/sharonvanetten
INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/sharonvanhalen/