“Angel Olsen feels it. You can tell from every tremor in her voice, which has traces of Buffy Sainte-Marie's vibrato and Karen Dalton's heart-wrenching honk, along with a twangy drama that's all her own. Whether it's an extended, lyrical folk reverie like "Lonely Universe" or the compact, melodic 60s pop of "Free," each song on her outstanding full-length debut, Half Way Home, quivers with passiona”
