Artist: Sharon Van Etten
Album: Epic
Released: September 2010
Label: Ba Da Bing Records
Genre: acoustic folk / singer-songwriter
Purchase Date: 5 Oct 2010
Format: mp3 files
Source: eMusic
Sharon Van Etten is an acoustic singer-songwriter from New Jersey. Her music is deeply personal without being over-earnest, with an elegant simplicity that gives it a sound that's a whole lot bigger than it should be. The title to the album, Epic, is at once ironic due to the scaled-back instrumentation and production, and fully apt due to Van Etten's intense guitar style and emotional vocals.
It's a short album, clocking in at a little more than half an hour, but those minutes are completely arresting. There is not a weak track on this record. This is one of the best albums of the year.
Rating: A
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