Delicacy is the virtue of the world of singer-songwriters. But in the face of a dying Earth, she was energized by working together for the first time in her writing ability with her live band, Attachment Theory – Devra Hoff on bass and vocals, Jorge Barbi on drums and machines, and 10 of teens Leaberson synth, piano, guitar and vocals of the teenage years – Sharon Van Etten created one of the boldest and biggest sounding records to date. (It is also creditable that the perfect production by Marta Salogni is notified of records similarly charged by Björk and Depeche mode.) Sharon Van Etten and the Theory of Attachment In a storm of existential questions, they are driving and unsettling, but are cautious about how it arranges them in order. Sometimes it sounds like a doubt and makes you despair at others. But, most resonant, Van Etten’s voice soars in pure wonder, and cannot easily stand judgment or simple exits. She sings about Southern life here, but in fact about compassion – one of the few things she hasn’t yet stuck on expiration.
1. Live forever
“Who wants to live forever?” A question that Sharon Van Etten hits us at the start of the album. The gloomy thoughts were repeated, as they were constantly permeating the shadows of our lives. The synth drifted, thrilled and bulged at the same atmospheric wavelength as the song’s percussion, but at first it was nothing more than a single thing. “That’s not a problem,” she sighs, her voice grows with resolution and the band eventually turns into prayer. By the end of the song they are trapped in a sturdy groove, and Van Etten is alienating her despair. The dynamic possibilities of the new band are well established. Surprisingly, it was also the first song they intentionally wrote from start to finish when they entered the studio.
2. Afterlife
Sharon Van Etten only aims for grandeur when she knows she has a strike in her hand. However, the strength of “Afterlife” is also worthy of the weight of its subject matter. The song was written around the death of a fan who became friends with her and her band. But to match the opener’s tone, Van Etten wonders, “Do you feel like you’re going home,” not as an elegy, but as an existential tool for questions. , it sounds better than any kind of paradise.
3. Stupid box
As the band turns their gaze outwards, “Idiot Box” is looking for an emotional release. The smooth bassline locks in the more familiar indie rock arrangement, at least until Van Etten sings about realizing it’s all just a dream.
4. trouble
This song immediately reminded me of the immortal lyrics from Are we thereIncredibly, an album from over ten years ago: “Every time the sun rises, I’m in trouble.” Van Etten accepts accountability for past mistakes and predicts the future in hryvds, so trouble is Still permanently on the horizon, she is at the heart of it. Like most songs about the fear of losing something, it takes time and hangs warmly into the good parts. Oh, and if you like the bass part of “Don’t Dog Box”, wait until you hear Groove Devra Hoff press this.
5. Indio
“Indio” is a spiny slice of dream pop, and you don’t necessarily expect from Sharon Van Etten and attachment theory. The band speeds up its pace as Van Etten dips in her breathtaking falsetto and harmonizes the hypnotic effects with keyboardist Teen Lee Lieberson.
6. I can’t imagine it (why does it feel like this)
Van Etten is fully ordering the strut groove of the song, landing somewhere between Disco, Post-Punk and New Wave. But it’s not exactly uplifting. She is just a traveler and hopes that people on the same train will hear the same screams and not support the same killer they thought were their saviors. Does it sound familiar?
7. Something’s not right
The bounce on the fourth floor links this song to the previous song. Travelers are now questioning not only the authoritative people, but the friends and family who are in charge of them. “Do you believe in compassion for your enemy? She sings, and it’s very easy to start humming together.
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The song arrives at the time of the band’s process where Van Etten wanted things to be loosened and the song to death. The arrangement may have started as a jam, but apparently they had discovered their joint language for a long time. Lyrically, Van Etten continues to remain on the subject of compassion for those who may have objections, taking into account her own history. She urges her to look at things from the other side before including herself in the effort. Her delivery alone stretches each syllable without straining, and is compelling enough.
9. The beauty of fading
Sharon Van Etten and Attachment may be filmed in search of bold and ambitious rock music, but that means they don’t stop zoned into “subtle beauty of light.” Not that. Airy and delicate, it’s one way to show us that we are at risk, as if a person of a ounce can ignore it. “We’re all facing that,” she says in a revelation moment, “It’s all life.”
10. I want you here
The A-stage of all worlds and Sharon Van Etten sit on its edge, annoying her dedication. In a rather specific way, it’s the other side of “Live Forever”: she I want to, and she knows who she wants to share it with – not an imaginary utopia, here. It may seem a bit calm on paper as songs accumulate and Van Etten reveals that all this (beauty, change, anger) corresponds to “moment.” But the band puts us at the center and like lightning we want it too. Anything that is worth it.
Source: Our Culture – ourculturemag.com
