/Rock-Pop/New Folk / Psyche

VAN ETTEN, SHARON
because i was love

Release Date: 01/06/2009

hearing sharron van etten is like hearing cat power or elliott smith for the first time - truly a life-changing thing.... you sort of think, 'here's my new favourite'. with one of those hauntingly beautiful voices, sharron van etten manages to convey emotional ecstasy and torture through truly worked lyrics. the soft instrumentation compliments the smoothness of her voice, her vocals. a singer songwriter taking the autobiographical and transforming it, through the purest of forms, into a genuine personal oeuvre. the real and the raw play nicely with the style of instrumentation which translates the occasional excess of sentiment. one to relate to and regard as future music therapy. the album was co-produced by greg weeks and sharon van etten. on language of stone.