Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness

Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Jagjaguwar)

Singer-songwriter Angel Olsen channels Loretta Lynn and Roy Orbison through a medium of ghostly alt-country. While her new album has enough delicate folk to kindle the affections of fans of 2012’s Half Way Home, the album’s slower burning, grunge-tinged tracks, fuelled by Olsen’s torch-song lyrics and fiery delivery, give Burn Your Fire For No Witness a unique staying power. On album highlight ‘Hi-Five’, she sings, ‘I feel so lonesome I could cry, but instead I’ll pass the time sitting lonely with somebody lonely too – there’s nothing in the world I’d rather do,’ before asking, ‘Are you lonely too? High five! So am I!’ This wry proclamation sums up Olsen’s MO quite nicely, and if you find yourself answering ‘Yes’ to that question, her work is among the finest places to pass the time.

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