![]() ![]() Furthermore, the album’s tearjerker, ‘Seventeen’, is a love letter to New York City, whereby she reflects and speaks to her younger self: “ I wish I could show you how much you’ve grown.” A fitting moment of contemplation following her period of upheaval. The record opens on a confessional note amidst stabs of doomy piano as Van Etten reminiscences of the time “ she told you everything” in the frank –and appropriately titled – ‘I Told You Everything’. She’s sung on other people’s records and shown up at other people’s live shows. This hectic schedule made her embrace new styles of songwriting, swap guitars for pianos and synths and hand over the self-recorded demos to a new producer, John Congleton (Angel Olsen, Future Islands). Remind Me Tomorrow is Van Etten’s first in five years, but she’s done plenty since 2014’s Are We There. Given that it was written while she was pregnant with her first child, starring in Netflix’s hit show The OA and studying to become a mental health counsellor, it’s no surprise that Van Etten says this period in her life forced changes. That mindset reflects the album’s scattered conception and completion. Sharon Van Etten is a singer-songwriter and actress who guest starred on Netflixs The OA and whose fifth album, Remind Me Tomorrow was among the best. Because this album, in all its chaotic glory, is raw, heavy and almost certainly the most immediate piece of work she’s done thus far. The 50 best albums of 2019, No 4: Sharon Van Etten Remind Me Tomorrow Van Etten sees the darkness but is willing to banish it with dark, joyous and grownup songs that flirt with 80s-style. ‘Comeback Kid’ a thumping slice of electro-pop, coincided with the announcement that she didn’t want the single and her fifth album, ‘Remind Me Tomorrow’, “to be pretty”. Van Etten evokes the best of late 70s/early. Throughout the highly anticipated Remind Me Tomorrow album, Sharon Van Etten veers. In October, Sharon Van Etten released her first new song in almost five years. Released back in January 2019, this album is writhing with earworms that have been hard to shake off ever since. For Fans Of: Waxahatchee, Marissa Nadler, Alison Crutchfield, Wye Oak.
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