The record with which you discover an artist is often one step ahead of the rest of the oeuvre. Perhaps My Woman - the critically acclaimed fourth album by Angel Olsen - therefore leaves the undersigned with a slight feeling of disappointment. Predecessor was one of the most beautiful records of 2014. In the category 'melancholic singer / songwriters with a troubled love life' the American presented
… herself as the natural successor to . However, on the successor, the now 29-year-old Olsen appears a lot more confident. Her photo is on the cover for the first time and the energetic single Shut Up Kiss Me also speaks volumes, both musically and in terms of text. It is typical of side A (or, for CD listeners: the first half) of My Woman, which Olsen says she wrote for her fans. The much more moody B-side, on the other hand - on which she at times reminds of from - she made for herself. And for die-hard fans of her earlier work, such as (RME).more
