release date: Oct. 11, 2010
format: cd
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,77]
producer: Brian McTear
label: Ba Da Bing! Records - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1. "A Crime" - 2. "Peace Signs" (live on KEXP) - 3. "Save Yourself" (live) - 5. "Don't Do It" (live) - 6. "One Day" (live on KEXP)
2nd studio album (on an official label) by Sharon Van Etten is a semi-acoustic and primarily indie folk release with 7 tracks and a running time just over 32 mins.
I didn't listen to the album until 2014 after having found her fine Are We There from that year, and although, I don't find it quite as great as that, I have come to enjoy it for its simplistic, yet strong and secure sound. Van Etten is a female crooner, who sounds like someone who's always been around. Her singing voice is a fine tuned instrument that goes hand in hand with so many genres.
The album is an immediate bliss.
[ allmusic.com, PopMatters 4 / 5 stars ]
