Sharon van Etten

Are We There - Jagjaguwar 2014

Tracks: 1. Afraid of Nothing / 2. Taking Chances / 3. Your Love Is Killing Me / 4. Our Love / 5. Tarifa / 6. I Love You but I'm Lost / 7. You Know Me Well / 8. Break Me / 9. Nothing Will Change / 10. I Know / 11. Every Time the Sun Comes Up

Comments:

I randomly found the closing number "Every Time the Sun Comes Up" on YouTube and really enjoyed the unpretentious feeling and the humorous undertones of the lyrics. Also the catchy melody hit me, so I decided to check out the entire album "Are We There".

It soon became clear that "Every Time the Sun Comes Up" is a somewhat atypical number for the album. Overall the songwriting can hardly be called easily accessible and both instrumentation and harmonization are often surprising and exciting. On several songs I came to think of Radiohead from their golden period from around "The Bends" and "OK Computer" - especially with songs such as "Afraid of Nothing", "Your Love Is Killing Me", "Tarifa" and "Break Me" which are all among my favorites. Also "Taking Chances" which have a little Cardigans-mood is strong.

All in all, an exciting album that gives appetite for more of the same.

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