KEXP Seattle — There’s a moment on “Every Time the Sun Comes Up”, the closing track on Are We There, the fourth studio album by Sharon Van Etten, when the New Jersey songwriter nonchalantly declares “I wash your dishes, but I still shit in your bathroom”.... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — “You told me the day / that you show me your face / we’d be in trouble for a long time. / I can’t wait / ’til we’re afraid / of nothing.” This is how Sharon Van Etten opens her fourth album – with people who are afraid of revealing them... more info

KEXP Seattle — Recover from the holiday weekend with some new music, like the latest from KEXP favorite Sharon Van Etten. KEXP Music Director Don Yates describes her fourth release as, “a masterful set of brooding folk-pop... the album features a sparsely produce... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Sharon Van Etten's Are We There is by far my favorite new music this week. Babes' self-titled EP, Ben Frost's A U R O R A, and Owen Pallett's soundtrack for the film In Conflict are other new releases... more info

Stereogum — Pioneering is a new A.V. Club video series in which newer artists cover legends in those legends’ hometown; they’ve already recruited Sharon Van Etten to pay tribute to Bruce Springsteen. In the most recent installment, the great Grand Rapids, Mi... more info

NME — Plus new albums from Hercules and Love Affair, Mariah Carey and Trash Talk more info

Chicago Tribune — 'Are We There' more info

The Telegraph — Want break-up music that cuts deeper than Coldplay? Try this brilliant American, says James Lachno more info

Stereogum — Next week Sharon Van Etten will release her third album Are We There, and Amazon UK has shared a trio of songs from it performed live by the singer/songwriter at St. Pancras Old Church in London. She strips down “Tarifa,” “Afraid of Nothing,”... more info

Stereogum — It takes about ten minutes from the moment I meet Sharon Van Etten for her to make her first confession: “Sorry, I’m pretty hungover today.” She says it with a sort of bashful glance downwards — as if it’s uncommon for a musician to show up... more info