Tramp: Sharon Van Etten – review

(Jagjaguwar)It takes some guts for a woman to name an album Tramp, particularly when that album is a nuanced exploration of the workings of the heart. Brooklyn-based Sharon Van Etten, then, deals not in come hithers but in toxic love and its radioactive half-lives. The saturated swoop of Tramp's rocking first single, "Serpents", simultaneously recalls Liz Phair, Throwing Muses and Neko Case, while "We Are Fine" supplies a spell to calm panic attacks. On her third outing, Van Etten has been Ameri...

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