Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Jagjaguwar)
Angel Olsen’s early music had such a fragile ache that no accompaniment beyond an acoustic guitar felt appropriate, yet the dive into full rock songs on Burn Your Fire For No Witness couldn’t have been more exciting. There were the solo numbers that ripped your heart out, whether they were as brief as opener “Unfucktheworld” or as towering as the seven-minute thousand-yard stare of “White Fire.” Despite that title, we’ve all witnessed Angel Olsen burn brighter than ever this year. –Miles [LISTEN]