Angel Olsen's ability to turn everything she touches into gold is about to get its sternest test to date, with the announcement that her next release will be an EP of covers of fairly cringey 80s pop hits.
She claims "I just wanted to have a little fun and be a little more spontaneous, and I think I needed to remember that I could!" But in truth, the first taster from Aisles is hardly a dramatic departure - her hazy, slow-mo version of Laura Branigan's 1982 disco semi-classic 'Gloria' (complete with astonishing string arrangement) wouldn't have been out of place on All Mirrors.
While I can just about imagine her working her magic on three of the other tracks (OMD's 'If You Leave', Billy Idol's 'Eyes Without A Face' and even Alphaville's excruciating 'Forever Young'), the mind boggles at how her take on Men Without Hats' 'Safety Dance' will pan out. Still, if it all goes pear-shaped, then at least we've got the LPs and the collaborations with Sharon Van Etten, Marissa Nadler and Hand Habits to fall back on.
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