Sharon Van Etten — concerto na NPR

O quinto registo de estúdio de Sharon Van Etten, Remind Me Tomorrow, é, por certo, um dos grandes acontecimentos deste ano musical. A cantora de Brooklyn esteve nos estúdios da NPR para um 'Tiny desk concert', interpretando três temas do álbum: Comeback Kid, You Shadow e Seventeen.

Na solidão de Sharon Van Etten

Mais um teledisco do álbum Remind Me Tomorrow: Sharon Van Etten expõe, agora, o labor requerido pelo impulso amoroso, num teledisco em que a solidão criativa se diz através da austeridade da arquitectura — é, além do mais, um dos grandes discos de 2019.

Yes there were japes recalling the years of lost paths

As you open the door and told me how you love me so much

The resistence to feelings was something that you've put down before

But keep quiet of it, as you could not face it anymore

Too much has changed, I can't let you walk in in the night

I wish away my love, leave with the dawn

Acting as if all the pain in the world was my fault

Leave me here, my love, don't say goodbye

No one's easy to love

Don't look back, my dear, don't be surprised

No one's easy to love

Don't look back, my dear, just say you tried

There was a question you asked: is your father a man?

No, but I think you should do ask of yourself the same

What is the difference between now and then I'm not sure

Prove me wrong, my dear, don't say I lied

No one's easy to love

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Sharon van Etten — ter ou não ter 17 anos

Depois da revelação de duas canções, aí está, em todo o seu contido esplendor, o novo álbum de Sharon Van Etten, Remind Me Tomorrow. A capa deverá ser vista menos como sintoma de inapelável desordem e mais como narrativa de um tempo juvenil (infantil mesmo) em que o cristalino desejo de ser coabita com o caos emocional. Exemplo esclarecedor é a canção Seventeen, com teledisco assinado por Maureen Towey. 

I know what you wanna say

I think that you're all the same

Constantly being led astray

He's thinking of something you don't

Downtown harks back

Halfway up the street

I used to be free

I used to be seventeen

Follow my shadow

Around your corner

I used to be seventeen

Now you're just like me

Down beneath the ashes and the stone

Sure of what I've lived and have known

I see you so uncomfortably alone

I wish I could show you how much you've grown

Downtown harks back

I used to be on this street

I used to be seventeen

I used to be seventeen

Now you're half shy

Hanging on my block

Sun coming up

Who is my shadow?

I know what you're gonna be

I know that you're gonna be

You're crumbling up just to see

Afraid that you'll be just like me

Downtown harks back

Halfway through this life

I used to feel free

Was it just a dream?

Now you're half shy

Think you're so carefree

But you're just seventeen

So much like me

You're just seventeen

You're just seventeen

Seventeen

Sharon Van Etten — duas novas canções

Será um dos primeiros lançamentos a ter em conta em 2019: a 18 de Janeiro surgirá Remind Me Tomorrow, novo álbum da americana Sharon Van Etten, prometendo menos guitarras e mais sintetizadores... Para já, reencontramos a mesma energia introspectiva e a mesma depuração melódica em duas canções do novo registo: Comeback Kid e Jupiter 4, com telediscos dirigidos por Jonathan Turner e Katherine Dieckmann, respectivamente.