Big Time: Vinyl 2LP Demob Hapyy as if they’re riding in

as if they’re riding in the back of Bear’s Filipino jeepney that adorns the album’s cover

cleaving through habit into the raw nerve of experience

things are rarely what they seem

Thinking about how Aaron Dessner took a chance on me after I messaged him with a fury of demos

The package includes a certificate of authenticity from Abbey Road and a branded obi strip

Big Time: Vinyl 2LP Demob Hapyy as if they’re riding inFresh grief, like fresh love, has a way of sharpening our vision and bringing on painful clarifications. No matter how temporary we know these states to be, the vulnerability and transformation they demand can overpower the strongest among us. Then there are the rare, fertile moments when both occur, when mourning and limerence heighten, complicate and explain each other; the songs that comprise Angel Olsens Big Time were forged in such a whiplash.