Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Black Vinyl)

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Black Vinyl)When Angel Olsen's proper debut, Half Way Home, materialized in 2012, its spare indie folk compositions and subtle references to the greats of '50s country congealed into a restless whole. The album was great, but something in the way the songs connected with each other suggested that Olsen had something far more complex to say that wasn't quite getting through with Half Way Home, despite its fantastically crafted offerings. With Burn Your Fire for No

breakthrough record that occupies a funny place—the songs are not unconventional

Nina approached the writing process with unbridled honesty and chose not to edit or overthink her words as she had in the past

as they had on 2014's Shawcross and 2016's Glory

the album isn’t as insular as its predecessor

blues-drenched mood that takes in heart-breaking soul

New Zealand’s tight-knit music scene

Gallab calls this album his “love letter to Black music

A lot of the stories and imagery of the songs live in a computer

lifting the veil

when Ross began workshopping new material during soundcheck on the ILYSM tour

not only since the album features guest appearances from Björk

Deb Demure leaned into the neo-psychedelic resonance of a uniquely bowl-shaped 12-string Ovation acoustic/electric guitar