Sunday, May 30, 2021

"It was like catching up over a song"

First there was the joint single (the superlative 'Like I Used To'), then came the joint interview with Loud And Quiet and with it the tantalising prospect of a joint tour. Maybe the prospect of a joint full-length Angel Olsen/Sharon Van Etten record isn't quite so fanciful after all.

Certainly, in their conversation with Tristan Gatward (which they claim is full of "all of the unfiltered awkwardness" that comes with being out of interview practice), there are enough references to projects they can't talk about yet. What they can and indeed do talk about ranges from Olsen's readiness "to have a sense of humour back ... to dance and get loose" and Van Etten's pleasure in letting others reinterpret her old songs so she doesn't have to, to their mutual love of The Velvet Underground and the horrors of vegan cheese.

(Thanks to Brad for the link.)

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