I could have written reams and reams on here about Angel Olsen's new LP Big Time - but in the end I decided it's such an exceptional record that it was more important to shout about it from the rooftops (aka the Buzz website) and accept the need to squeeze my thoughts into 150ish words.
That meant, for instance, that there was no space to wax lyrical about her talent for delivering dagger-to-the-heart lines like "I'll always remember you just like a friend" (during the climax of break-up-and-move-on anthem 'All The Good Times') with a mixture of sweetness and conviction; to say much about the searing honesty and truthfulness of these songs; to marvel about the seamless and subtle integration of brass into the mix; or to reflect on the fact that the record represents a return to the dust-blown Americana of her early albums - albeit a widescreen version of it.
All told, it's absolutely sublime.
Buzz review here.
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