The cover of Sharon Van Etten’s new album, Tramp, certainly strikes me as serious, and when, in the first song we’ve heard from the new album she’s singing about “Serpents in [her] mind” I’m starting to worry that Sharon’s losing some of her innocent charm. But, then I listen more to the song and I realise if this is what it takes for her to create music this good then innocence be damned! The song is a fuller sound than her previous two albums, which makes sense since she’s worked with The National’s Aaron Dessner on the album, and both he and his brother perform on this track. Download “Serpents” for free below.
Tramp is Sharon’s third album and comes out on February 7th through Jagjaguwar.
