Aisles

EPAug 20 / 20215 songs, 23m 15s
Synthpop New Wave
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A winding path through the ’80s with five atmospheric pop covers.

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6.5 / 10

The songwriter takes an uncharacteristic breather with a collection of faithful, occasionally brooding covers of 1980s hits like “Forever Young” and “The Safety Dance.”

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Leave it to Angel Olsen to turn seemingly cheesy '80s pop into tracks that can absolutely wreck you

The North Carolina musician cuts right to the core of each song, before rebuilding her own mirror images with this five-track EP

For an artist usually so meticulous with her vision, that these are able to sound so airy, almost frivolous makes this curio of an EP all the more engaging.

A set of covers that came to fruition relatively impulsively during a pandemic-forced break from touring late in 2020, Angel Olsen's Aisles EP harks back to 1980s pop and new wave.

Angel Olsen's new EP of 80s cover songs is a simple concept, executed spectacularly.

8.0 / 10

Throughout the pandemic, songwriter Angel Olsen found solace in the seemingly strangest of places: the supermarket. By hearing classic hits of decades past over the loudspeakers, Olsen tapped into a new type of sound—straying away from somber melodies woven into past albums (notably, 2016’s My Woman and 2019’s All Mirrors).

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