Angel Olsen - Go Home

Any perpetual follower of the indie folk scene knows you can’t take more than a step or two in any direction without an inevitable Angel Olsen reference. And sure, there’s never anything good that can come out of having an artist crammed down your throat for quota-related purposes (I’m looking at you, Sirius XMU), but that’s not the reason that her music has historically not resonated with us. If we said we simply don’t jive with most of it - would we be wrong? Ultimately, it comes down to a matter of DNA makeup - and most of the chord progressions and melodies you’ll find in Olson’s work you won’t find in our DNA. And that’s OK. But now and again, worlds will collide and we’ll be able to find some common ground with an artist’s work that has, up to this point, eluded us. That’s where we find ourselves with Olsen’s exceptional “Go Home.” It’s a tune that grows in scale - with a sense of anticipation evident in every fabric of the song’s being. From the building drumline percussion to Olsen’s vibrato-infused vocals - you aren’t going to find a 2022 release of grander proportions than “Go Home.” And most importantly, it’s a tune that puts us in check and forces us to consider what other master works of Olsen’s we might have missed due to potential bias clouding our judgement.