Personality is a given with Angel Olsen. Not only can I not stop writing about Olsen, Olsen's album MY WOMAN, and how this extraordinary songwriter is a regular woman like the rest of us. This realization makes Olsen a household name in my book. Further stated as it should be is the style in which MY WOMAN comes to be. Writing songs about familiarities such as family members, friends and the life surrounding the writer.
Another track off of MY WOMAN is Sister. There is no irony here, Sister is about a sister. Olsen directs a passionate bond with no one other than the human self. As Sister starts with a dewy melody of constructed light. Series of confessed lyrics from Olsen spill out as if the songwriter can not help but release. Once the song folds out into the full eight minutes registered, eclipsing a sole desire to give an inside view to Olsen's mind. Opening towards a swell of guitars echoed voices and layers of complicated emotions. "Dealing with" may be the truth Olsen has given each of us. However, curiosity seems to strike towards the last minute and a half of the track. Opening into a solo guitar number accompanied with layers of vocal 'Ah's and Oh's'.
All to end with Olsen whispering "I thought I'd changed" as we ended up on Sister's strenuous adventure along with its creator. Pieces begin to merge into one another as the song comes to the finish... suddenly eight minutes does not seem anywhere near long enough to put our own pieces back together.
Olsen throws Sister into a spotlight, trusting that the lyrics will not be picked out and as the music video shows, wandering out in the open visible to every force of nature thrown our way.
