Sharon Van Etten
Sharon Van Etten Dates
Wed 30 Apr 2025 - 20:00 EST
Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
Tue 13 May 2025 - 19:00 MST
Metro Music Hall, Salt Lake City, UT
Wed 21 May 2025 - 20:00 PST
The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA

Sharon Van Etten Biography

Sharon Van Etten came to Brooklyn via Jersey via Tennessee via Jersey. Along the way, she sang in choirs, rejected her schools music program, worked at an all-ages venue, trained as a sommelier, and got a full time job at a record label. She also had some bad experiences in relationships.

OK, more than some.

Epic, Van Ettens second album, lays a romantic melancholy lining over the gravel and dirt of heartbreak, without one honest thought or feeling spared. She sings of betrayal, obsession, egotism and all the other emotions we hate in others and recognize in ourselves. Yet, Van Ettens grounded and clenched vocals convey the sense of hope the notion that beauty can come out of the worst of circumstances. Epic is indeed that beauty.

The album was recorded at Miner Street Studios in Philadelphia with Brian McTear. Where Van Ettens first record, Because I Was In Love, explored her thoughts on love through minimalism and sparseness, Epic embellishes her music to grandiose luminosity. Guitar...

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