“Once again, Angel Olsen has managed to create an intensely personal album that will illuminate what you’re already feeling but didn’t know how to say. Olsen is known for making music that acts as an uncanny mirror, reflecting emotions with which fans can sympathise on raw, visceral levels, and this new record is no exception. The songs on Whole New Mess are gritty but solid, showing how ambitious”
“Recorded in Anacortes, Washington, the stark original version of the songwriter’s 2019 album All Mirrors makes the experience of solitude sound metaphysical. The songs are spare, but still feel electric.”
“Recorded in Anacortes, Washington, the stark original version of the songwriter’s 2019 album All Mirrors makes the experience of solitude sound metaphysical. The songs are spare, but still feel electric.”
“The singer-songwriter expertly channels Springsteen's Nebraska in her most vulnerable album yet”
“Most artists keep their demos to themselves, pulling them out of a dusty box in the attic only when someone at the label suggests they bolt them onto a flashy anniversary release or if the Record Store Day goodie box is looking a bit empty. Angel Olsen, though, isn’t most artists. Before making her fourth album, 2019’s astounding ‘All Mirrors’, she escaped to a tiny studio in the wilds of the Pac”
“Angel Olsen expertly exposes the rawness of love and heartbreak”
