White FireAngel Olsen · 2014

pitchfork

“A standout among the lower-key songs on Angel Olsen’s upcoming album Burn Your Fire for No Witness, “White Fire” is paced and arranged almost exactly like the spare early music of another penetrating singer, Leonard Cohen. Think “The Stranger Song”, or “Avalanche”—patient ballads built around a strong, solitary voice and guitar arpeggios that churn with the quiet intensity of water left on simmer.”