Angel Olsen- Big Time 2LP (Clear Vinyl)

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. Three weeks after her mother’s funeral she was in the studio, recording this incredibly wise and tender new album.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 new album Big Time were forged in such a whiplash."I can't say that I'm sorry / when I don't feel so wrong anymore", the record begins, her voice softer and more open than ever, as if she's singing through a hard won smile. Big Time is an album about the expansive power of new love, but this brightness and optimism is tempere