NEWS: Angel Olsen reveals video for ‘Sister’

NEWS: Angel Olsen reveals video for ‘Sister’

Next Friday, Angel Olsen will be releasing her much anticipated third full-length album MY WOMAN via Jagjaguwar.  It’s effectively split up into an A-side and B-side format, with punchier numbers up front and slower, more contemplative tracks towards the end. Olsen has already shared two A-side tracks – ‘Shut Up Kiss Me’ and ‘Intern’ – and is now presenting another taste of the record, the reverb-drenched ‘Sister,’ alongside a video directed by Conor Hagen.

The clip was shot in Los Angeles and the Joshua Tree National Park, representing the dualities expressed by the song itself.  Olsen says:  “I wanted to keep from cutting these shots up too much.  I wanted to slow frames down just enough for the cinematography to make its own statement.  My aim was to gather a mixture of very different themed material, and somehow take a look at the synchronicity that material naturally brought forward.”

Hagen explains:  “’Sister’ addresses conflict within and then moves beyond it.  The song is lyrically contradictory, so we wanted to show those opposing dualities.  The contrast between a wide shot and a close-up, the duality between the city and that natural world, joy and melancholy.”  Watch below.

Olsen is heading out on a UK tour in October.  Details below.

13th October – Concorde 2, Brighton
14th October – Club Academy, Manchester
15th October – SWG3 Studio Warehouse, Glasgow
16th October – The Marble Factory, Bristol
17th October – KOKO, London

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