Angel Olsen, Vagabon
Recommended
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Mon Dec 9, 2019, 8 pm
Roseland Theater
Old Town-Chinatown (Portland)
$35 - $40
For her latest album, the excellent and immense All Mirrors, North Carolina-based singer/songwriter Angel Olsen enlisted composers Ben Babbitt and Jherek Bischoff to contribute string arrangements, adding cinematic flair and downright apocalyptic flourishes to her dark and stormy guitar rock and synth-pop ballads. While it might seem like overkill for a musician who is more than capable of commanding cavernous rooms with nothing more than a guitar and a spotlight, Olsen’s penchant for defying expectations and one-upping herself on each record has elevated her live performances into unmissable spectacles. Vagabon, the songwriting project of Brooklyn-based artist Laetitia Tamko, opens the show with a striking set of her own; be sure to arrive early and grab a spot up close to hear goosebump-inducing songs like the gospel-tinged “In a Bind” and the heart-wrenching “Fear & Force.”
by Chipp Terwilliger