Black, Grey, and Silver Tri-Color Split Vinyl. For all the attention that was paid to her sons break-through album Tramp, Sharon Van Etten returned to the studio ready and cager to turn another corner, delve deeper, and write with more honesty and vulncrability than ever. It's a uniquc power of Van Etten's; she creates a bond with the listener that few contemporary musicians can match. The result of that effort was Arc We There, a self-produced album of exceptional intimacy, sublime gencrosity, and immense brcadth. Are We There turns ten this year and reasserts itself as a one of her most powerful and timeless collections. It is cicar from the opening chords in the first song. " Afraid of Nothing', that we are witnessing a new awareness, a sign of ... read more