We are revisiting some of our favourite albums of 2023

Last year Angel Olsen, on her sixth album ‘Big Time’, fully embraced her country and Americana influences, on a record that wore its vulnerability on its sleeve. Her latest EP ‘Forever Means’ serves as another vulnerable expansion to the album, with all four songs connecting through a common theme – self-discovery.

In just 15 minutes, Olsen is able to break out of the chains of the past, and look to survive the future roads traveled. The gentle, largely minimal instrumentals are the perfect soundtrack to the journey of expansive introspection across the EP. Opening track “Nothing’s Free,” is a
drawn-out slow dance number with a piano, organ, saxophone and a sparse drum beat coming together to guide a broken Olsen from the past.

“Forever Means” showcases the true power and emotional intensity of Olsen’s vocal delivery, while “Time Bandits” broadens the term love song to reflect on the balance between the desire for love and the need to survive in this world.

The EP comes to a close with the poignant but rock-orientated “Holding On,” that exposes the vulnerability of opening ourselves up to others, with Olsen asking “How long have you been standing there?/Tell me, how much did you see?” And, just like that it’s over. “Now it’s over,”
Olsen sings on the closing track, and that is the only flaw to this stunning four track EP – that it leaves you wanting more.

Angel Olsen 2023 Tour Dates

Sun. Apr. 16 – North Charleston, SC @ High Water Festival
Wed. May 3 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
Thu. May 4 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
Wed. June 7 – Galzignano Terme, IT @ Anfiteatro del Venda $
Fri. June 9 – Jesi, IT @ Teatro Perfolesi $
Sat. June 10 – Castiglione del Lago, IT @ Rocca Medievale $
Mon. June 12 – Milan, IT @ Giardino della Triennale $
Fri. July 7 – Madrid, ES @ Mad Cool Festival
Sat. July 8 – Lisbon, PT @ Nos Alive Festival
Sat. Aug. 5 – Saint Charles, IA @ Hinterland Music Festival
Thu. Aug. 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Sat. Aug. 19 – Queens, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium < Fri. Aug. 25 – London, UK @ All Points East Festival Sun. Aug. 27 – Paris, FR @ Rock En Seine Tue. Aug. 29 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Irish Centre Wed. Aug. 30 – Birmingham, UK @ The Mill Thu. Aug. 31 – Sun. Sep. 3 – Salisbury, UK @ End Of The Road Festival Tue. Oct. 17 – San Diego, CA @ Humphreys Concerts By The Bay + Wed. Oct. 18 – Garden Grove, CA @ Garden Amphitheatre + Thu. Oct. 19 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom + Fri. Oct. 20 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom ^ Tue. Oct. 24 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall ^ Wed. Oct. 25 – Portland OR @ Revolution Hall # Thu. Oct. 26 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre # Fri. Oct. 27 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre ^ Sat. Oct. 28 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre @ Wed. Nov. 29 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue % Thu. Nov. 30 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom ^ Fri. Dec. 1 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall ^ Sat. Dec. 2 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall >
Sun Dec. 3 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall !
Sun. Dec. 5 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall !
Wed. Dec. 6 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl !
Thu. Dec. 7 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn ~
Fri. Dec. 8 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club ~
Sat. Dec 9 – Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom ~

* w/ Jason Isbell
$ w/ Maxim Ludwig
< w/ The Strokes
+ w/ King Tuff
^ w/ Kara Jackson
# w/ Allegra Krieger
@ w/Led To Sea
% w/ Nona Invie
> w/ Natural Information Society
! w/ Joanna Sternberg
~ w/ Sluice

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