![]() ![]() It then seems so simple for listeners to do the same. And from this acceptance is a rare sense of freedom. “What do I do?” “Where do I go?” “How do I do this?” Van Etten embraces this uncertainty. Alarming though it may seem to have someone look right through all the walls and defenses, the end result is so very satisfying. The bare orchestration of the songs, combined with the soft vulnerability of Van Etten’s singing sometimes seems as if she could be that voice inside your head, the one that knows all your secrets, all your desires and all your regrets. Growing up is confusing and scary –– full of crossroads, decisions and forked paths. No, not everyone has experienced the same ups and the same downs that Van Etten describes, but the lingering sense of uncertainty throughout the album brushes close to home. It’s only by the end of the last track that one realizes the magic Van Etten has woven into her album: The stranger Van Etten sings of is actually you. The songs reach across a lifetime of follies, victories, and winding paths –– the well worn and the (as of yet) unexplored. The entire album feels like a bad case of deja-vu. It’s almost as if a movie-styled time-skip has occurred, where the main character grows up in a series of brief, interconnected scenes. Then, the penultimate closer, “Hands” is like a tsunami of emotion compared to the bare-bones quiet of the opener, “I Told You Everything.” ![]() ![]() During that time, she appeared as an actress in the Netflix series 'The OA,' performed a. “Jupiter 4” and “Seventeen” also come bearing a dose of honesty - of acknowledgement - that is cathartic. 'Remind Me Tomorrow' is Sharon Van Ettens first album in four years. But again, it’s not sad or painful, but rather relieving to hear someone else put to words a fear we often bury: a fear of losing our way. Van Etten sings, “Don’t let me slip away,” a plea of help that resonates in the darker spaces of the mind. Van Etten’s story of a directionless runaway hits close to home –– maybe too close. “Comeback Kid” comes roaring to life by the fourth track, all at once familiar, willful and wild. The album quickly grows in passion, power and energy from beginning to end. It is truthful, it is vulnerable, it is powerful, it is a knock-your-socks-off dose of catharsis. ![]()
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