Fresh grief, like fresh love, has a way of sharpening our vision and bringing on painful clarifications. No matter how temporary we know these states to be, the vulnerability and transformation they demand can overpower the strongest among us.
Then there are the rare, fertile moments when both occur, when mourning and limerence heighten, complicate and explain each other; the songs that comprise Angel Olsen’s “Big Time” were forged in such a whiplash.
“Big Time” is an album about the expansive power of new love, but this brightness and optimism is tempered by a profound and layered sense of loss.
“Big Time” by Angel Olsen from the forthcoming album ‘Big Time’, out June 3rd on Jagjaguwar.
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