Sharon Van Etten

'far away' has some very definite Cocteau Twins vibes to it once the drum and bass comes in

caught the Wildhearts tour last night (SVE, Angel Olsen, and Julien Baker), really great show though curious to have Angel Olsen take the headliner slot. I gather that SVE is a very gracious and nice person and that may have been her idea, but it is kind of unfair to Angel Olsen; a lot of people bailed during her lower-energy, half-country set (their loss, she is pretty incredible)

SVE's stage presence was A+ at the show I saw. Was she wearing her badass leather pants again?

I definitely did bail during AO, but that had more to do with sheer physical exhaustion than anything. Reaching yr mid-30s means you gotta know when to say "enough," and 3+ hours in a sun-baked 90° outdoor venue with no seating is enough.

Man, I've never been able to do that (not a fan of summer at all) - one of the main reasons I've generally avoided festivals!

I love this album.

it's her best!!!

I hadn't seen SVE live in quite a few years, the only time I did she was opening (solo) for nick cave at the awful bill graham auditorium; she was so good then but yes, she's easily handling the badass live performer role she's taken up (and yes she was wearing leather pants). anyway this was a great show all around, Julien Baker sounding the best I've heard her (also playing with a full band).

I saw the show on Friday in LA, they were both great and I didn't get the sense that the crowd left during Angel. Folks seemed pretty stoked on both of them. (I missed Julien Baker.)

SVE had a much tougher vibe, almost kinda goth. I was happy that she packed a good amount of the set with songs from the last album alongside the new stuff. (Angel on the other hand stuck pretty much to the new album with a few throwbacks to older songs - but almost or entirely nothing from All Mirrors).

Does she play "Tarifa"? Just curious...

Not at the show I saw