On a recent long car trip to visit family in the northeast, I let my Itunes go and ran across this brilliant song by REM. The only track I recorded from Collapse… Sometimes Michael Stipe, says it better than anyone can
She could raise the power level when the melody demanded but quietly convey emotion when bigness was unnecessary. Serving the feeling of the song and telling the story was paramount.
Angel Olsen comes to us today thanks to Guitartown@guitartwang on Twitter. According to Guitartown, “Stephen Judge of SchoolKids records in Raleigh first brought her to my attention circa Burn Your Fire for No Witness, but it was hearing “Shut Up Kiss Me” on KEXP that set the hook for me. From that moment on, I’ve been all in”.