{"product_id":"angel-olsen-big-time","title":"Angel Olsen - Big Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFresh grief\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elike fresh love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehas a way of sharpening our vision and bringing on painful clarifications\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo matter how temporary we know these states to be\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe vulnerability and transformation they demand can overpower the strongest among us\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen there are the rare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efertile moments when both occur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhen mourning and limerence heighten\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecomplicate and explain each other\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe songs that comprise Angel Olsen’s Big Time were forged in such a whiplash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBig Time is an album about the expansive power of new love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebut this brightness and optimism is tempered by a profound and layered sense of loss\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring Olsen’s process of coming to terms with her queerness and confronting the traumas that had been keeping her from fully accepting herself\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshe felt it was time to come out to her parents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea hurdle she’d been avoiding for some time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Finally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eat the ripe age of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e34, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI was free to be me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” she said\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree days later\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eher father died and shortly after her mother passed away\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe shards of this grief—the shortening of her chance to finally be seen more fully by her parents— are scattered throughout the album\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree weeks after her mother’s funeral she was in the studio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erecording this incredibly wise and tender new album\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLoss has long been a subject of Olsen’s elegiac songs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebut few can write elegies with quite the reckless energy as she\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf that bursting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eseams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erunning downhill energy has come to seem intractable to her work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethis album proves Olsen is now writing from a more rooted place of clarity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe’s working with an elastic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexpansive mastery of her voice—both sonically and artistically\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese are songs not just about transformational mourning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebut of finding freedom and joy in the privations as they come\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable on limited opaque pink vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":64322461172089,"sku":null,"price":18.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/1463\/6153\/files\/JAG424Artwork_f40abed7-a3ec-47a7-85f2-2d8a9ab841e1.jpg?v=1787901736","url":"https:\/\/vinyl-relic.com\/products\/angel-olsen-big-time","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}