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Aisles
Pop · 2021 · 5 tracks

Aisles

Angel Olsen

Five 80s pop staples reimagined as ghostly, slow-motion synth-pop. Reverb-drenched and deeply melancholic, it turns neon anthems into midnight meditations.

August 20, 2021 · Jagjaguwar

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Aisles is a haunting exercise in deconstruction, where the neon-bright optimism of 1980s pop is drained of its color and replaced with a thick, humid gloom. Angel Olsen takes songs that were once the lifeblood of the dance floor and slows them to a glacial, heartbeat pace. The result is an uncanny valley of sound: you recognize the melodies, but their emotional intent has been inverted. What was once a celebratory shout is now a ghostly whisper echoing through a vast, empty hall.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks
01
Gloria
4:38
02
Eyes Without a Face
4:41
03
Safety Dance
3:51
04
If You Leave
4:29
05
Forever Young
5:37
Moments Worth Listening For
The moment Gloria transforms from a high-energy dance floor filler into a menacing, slow-burning crawl.
The way the synths swell and swallow the vocals during the climax of Safety Dance.
The haunting, isolated vocal opening of Forever Young that feels like a funeral march.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Aisles sound next to the rest of Angel Olsen's catalogue?

Nostalgia+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into nostalgia than the rest of the catalogue.

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