album review
Are We There
Van Etten’s songs explore heartbreak and endurance with an unvarnished maturity. In ‘Your Love Is Killing Me,’ she names with surgical precision the exact currency her relationship is extracting, and she names it loudly. The articulation itself becomes catharsis.
what it left me with
Precise articulation of one’s suffering constitutes the inaugural step toward liberation from it. Vague anguish anchors us; specificity is the key that turns the lock.
this is one entry from a wandering list of films, books, shows and albums, kept by someone trying to live a slightly more deliberate life.
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