Angel Olsen was reportedly shocked when she found out that most car accidents occur within 25 miles of home, and has been working pretty hard to stay as far away from there ever since. Fortunately for Olsen (and us, the listening public), she’s a musician who has built up enough of a following that she can keep right on touring through the summer and fall as a method of keeping her distance from home, instead of having to move back in with her parents or commit arson like the rest of us.
If I wasn’t both sitting in my living room and aware of the fact that most horrible gambling situations occur within 15 miles of home I’d bet you five bucks that she’s planning on playing a song or two from last year’s really delightful Half Way Home (it was one of TMT’s favorites of the year). I’d also say the odds are pretty good that the songs will be even more mournful and sparse because of the painful irony that those songs come from an album whose title can never again be enacted by the artist. As you can hear and see below in the video for “Sweet Dreams,” this particular statistical revelation seems to have been pretty rough on the artist. As it turns out, you really can’t go home again, especially if you’re either in Angel Olsen’s touring band or don’t have a particularly firm grasp on statistics.
Dates:
07.19.13 - Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival
08.16.13 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall *
08.21.13 - Bloomington, IN - The Bishop #
08.22.13 - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar #
08.23.13 - Nashville, TN - The Stone Fox
08.24.13 - Cincinnati, OH - MOTR Pub #
08.29.13 - London, UK - Bush Hall $
08.30.13-09.01.13 - Larmer Trees Garden, UK - End of the Road Festival $
09.05.13 - Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Music Festival $
09.07.13 - Portland, OR - Musicfest NW $
09.24.13 - Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum %
09.26.13 - Toronto, ON - The Drake Hotel %
09.27.13 - Montreal, QC - Ukranian Federation
09.28.13 - Portland, ME - Space Gallery %
10.01.13 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall %
10.02.13 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s %
10.04.13 - Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts %
10.05.13 - Purchase, NY - The Stood (Purchase College) %
10.06.13 - Washington, DC - DC9 %
10.07.13 - Richmond, VA - Strange Matter %
10.08.13 - Athens, GA - Normaltown Hall %
10.10.13 - Lexington, KY - Cosmic Charlie’s %
10.11.13 - Indianapolis, IN - White Rabbit Cabaret %
* Implodes
# William Tyler
$ solo performance
% Pillars & Tongues
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