Sharon Van Etten Are We There (Black & Grey vinyl)

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• Sharon Van Ettens fourth studio album, Are We There (2014), represents a compelling evolution in her artistry. Self-produced with collaborator Stewart Lerman, the record balances intimacy with expansive emotional expression, showcasing her evocative contralto through sparse arrangements and nuanced instrumentation. Across tracks like the stirring Tarifa and gripping Your Love Is Killing Me, Van Ettens voice and songwriting carry confessional weight and a dramatic immediacy, resulting in a deeply affecting and cohesive album.

  Critics widely recognized Are We There as a milestone in Van Ettens trajectory. The album delivers raw, urgent lyricism, layered with sophisticated musical textures and striking emotional clarity. Its production and vocal performances signal maturity and command, marking her transition into a more self-assured, deeply resonant phase of her career.

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  “Her magnificent fourth LP grows her trademark examinations of romantic decay to cathedral-like scale.” Rolling Stone

  “offers an artist in full command of her voice and her instrument, a woman who knows exactly what she wants to offer listeners and who isnt afraid to accompany the barest streaks of sunlight with thousands of clouds.” The A.V. Club

  “may be her most present-tense album to date, her most immediate and urgentthe peak of a steady upward trajectory.” Pitchfork

  “less jagged and more finessed than its intricately layered predecessor The songs are slower and spacious enough to keep their clarity intact.” NME

  “While still immersed in songs of emotional ravagement and betrayal, the confidence of her performances and spectrum of sounds represented here suggest a complete graduation from troubled, uncertain roots into a place where she can deliver her songs with a powerful, borderless command.” AllMusic

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  AllMusic rating: AllMusic users: (508 votes) Read the AllMusic.com review

• Artist: Sharon Van Etten Label: Jagjaguwar Format: LP Units: 1 Country: UK Genre: Pop & Rock Style: Indie Rock

• A1 Afraid Of Nothing
  A2 Taking Chances
  A3 Your Love Is Killing Me
  A4 Our Love
  A5 Tarifa
  B1 I Love You But I’M Lost
  B2 You Know Me Well
  B3 Break Me
  B4 Nothing Will Change
  B5 I Know
  B6 Every Time The Sun Comes Up