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Burn Your Fire for No Witness
Singer-Songwriter · 2014 · 11 tracks · 44m

Burn Your Fire for No Witness

Angel Olsen

A breakthrough of raw, reverb-drenched indie rock and haunting folk. Olsen's voice cuts through tape hiss with a mix of mid-century grit and modern heartbreak.

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It's like a 60s country record that got left out in the rain and then kicked through a garage door.

A fierce, reverb-soaked exploration of loneliness that finds strength in its own desolation.

Burn Your Fire for No Witness · vs · Angel Olsen
Raw+2.3σ

The vocals lean far further into raw than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 44m
01
Unfucktheworld
2:05
02
Forgiven/Forgotten
2:04
03
Hi‐Five
2:57
04
White Fire
6:56
05
High & Wild
3:53
06
Lights Out
4:27
07
Stars
4:38
08
Iota
3:28
09
Dance Slow Decades
4:06
10
Enemy
5:44
11
Windows
4:08
Moments Worth Waiting For
the sudden burst of fuzzed-out guitar that shatters the acoustic intimacy of the opening track
seven minutes of hypnotic, whispered storytelling on White Fire that feels like a shared secret
the way her voice cracks and soars simultaneously during the desperate climax of Stars
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