Van Etten, Sharon
Remind Me Tomorrow (black)
Sharon Van Etten's 'Remind Me Tomorrow' comes four years after 'Are We There', and reckons with the life that gets lived when you put off the small and inevitable maintenance in favor of something more present. Throughout 'Remind Me Tomorrow', Sharon Van Etten veers towards the driving, dark glimmer moods that have illuminated the edges of her music and pursues them full force. With curling low vocals and brave intimacy, 'Remind Me Tomorrow' is an ambitious album that provokes our most sensitive impulses: reckless affections, spirited nurturing, and tender courage. For 'Remind Me Tomorrow', Van Etten put down the guitar. The album shows a magnetism towards new instruments: piano keys that churn, deep drones, distinctive sharp drums. It was "reverb universe" she says of the writing. There are intense synths, a propulsive organ, a distorted harmonium.