Burn Your Fire for No Witness, Angel Olsen's second album, was highly acclaimed last year (the A.V Club named it their album of the year, and it appeared on many other such lists as well. While her first album was more of a strictly folk affair, this one ranges from quiet, low-fi folk to the distorted guitars of "Forgiven/Forgotten," though it never returns to that tempo or distortion. The album features some great, haunting lines, and the music accommodates her best lyrics. Basically, it's traditional folk that incorporates more rock instruments.
It's not an album of standout tracks; it's an album with one solid song after another. Songs of quiet introspection, highlighted by Olsen's voice, which warbles like a '50s country singer. It opens strongly with "Unfucktheworld" and "Forgiven/Forgotten," closes strongly with "Windows."
In summary: Angel Olsen isn't for everyone, but those her music is for will love it.
"Windows:"
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