“Sharon Van Etten could sing the instruction manual for a dishwasher and make it sound like lyrical poetry. Over the course of four full-lengths, her voice has only evolved and grown both bolder and more nuanced. Van Etten plays every word like an instrument, bending one note into the next with a woozy purr that’s sometimes sensual, sometimes heartbreaking but always arresting.”
– NPR Music’s “Songs We Love”
Sharon Van Etten’s latest single “Just Like Blood,” featured this week on NPR’s All Tracks Considered (read here). Taken from Van Etten’s upcoming EP, I Don’t Want To Let You Down, out June 5th in NZ, “Just Like Blood” is a true testimony to her status as one of the most-loved singer songwriters of our time.
As NPR eloquently puts it, “Just Like Blood is a slinky slow burner that finds the singer rifling through the vestiges of a torrid love affair, recalling how it triggered her darkest impulses. As with most of Van Etten’s work, her voice is the centerpiece, curling around simple organ and piano lines. “You set me off just like a gun,” she sings. “Then you run just like blood.” It’s the moment in a tanking relationship when you realize the other person only brought out the worst in you.” Read the full article.
I Don’t Want To Let You Down (EP) is to be released June 5th on Jagjaguwar, and is available for pre-order now on iTunes. Instant free downloads of “Just Like Blood” and the EP’s title track come with each digital pre-order of the EP.
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