Credits:
Angel Olsen
Description:
Angel Olsen completes her sixth album, following her well-received sisters All Mirrors and Whole New Mess. Big Time," a wise and tender new album that confronts her own queerness, is now available. Co-produced by Jonathan Wilson (Father John Misty, Conor Oberst, and others)Angel Olsen will release her new album, Big Time, on June 3 on Jagjaguwar. The album comes at a rare and fertile time, when both new sorrows and new loves are born and intricately intertwined. The songs were written at a time when Olsen was coming out as queer, experiencing queer love and grief for the first time, and are about the power of new love. In the process of coming to terms with her own queerness and facing the trauma that had prevented her from fully accepting herself, Olsen felt it was time to come out to her parents. After a tearful but relieving conversation, she celebrated with her partner and friends over oysters and wine. Three days later, Olsen's father passed away. Just two weeks later, she received word that her mother had been rushed to the hospital by ambulance. Her mother was placed in hospice, and the second funeral was soon after. Three weeks after his mother's funeral, Olsen entered the studio and began recording this wise and gentle new album, Big Time. The album features guest appearances by Tammy Wynette and Kitty Wells, and the complex orchestrations heard on 2019's All Mirrors are present, but unlike All Mirrors, which was full of dramatic changes and twists, Big Time is full of simplicity with Big Time" is a surprise in its simplicity. Recorded and mixed by co-producer Jonathan Wilson at his Topanga, CA studio, Fivestar, with piano, organ, and string arrangements by Drew Erickson. Bass was played by Olsen's band member Emily Elhaj.This summer, Olsen will join Sharon Van Etten, Julien Baker, and Spencer on The Wildhearts Tour. He was discovered by Emmett Kelly (Bonnie "Prince" Billy, The Cairo Gang) and debuted with the EP "Strange Cacti" in 2011, followed by his first album "Half Way Home" in 2012 and a move to Jagjaguwar in 2014, In 2014, he released his second album, "Burn Your Fire For No Witness"; his third album, "My Woman" in 2016, received critical acclaim, including an 8.9 on Pitchfork; in 2019, his fourth album, "AllMirrors " and in 2020, the sister album to "All Mirrors," "Whole New Mess.
Tracklisting:
1.All The Good Times
2.Big Time
3.Dream Thing
4.Ghost On
5.All The Flowers
6.Right Now
7.This Is How It Works
8.Go Home
9.Through The Fires
10.Chasing The Sun
