''Strange Cacti'' is the debut
extended play
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(EP) by American singer-songwriter and musician
Angel Olsen
Angel Olsen (born Angelina Marie Carroll; January 22, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter from St. Louis, Missouri who lives in Asheville, North Carolina.
To date, Olsen has released six studio albums: ''Half Way Home'' (2012), ''Burn Your F ...
. Originally released on
cassette
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in 2010, it was later reissued by Bathetic Records in 2011. The record consists of six tracks of
Americana
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and
indie folk
Indie folk (also called alternative folk) is an alternative genre of music that arose in the 1990s among musicians from indie rock scenes influenced by folk music.
Characteristics
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,
featuring only voice and guitar.
Critical reception
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critic Marcy Donelson thought that "her
lsen's/nowiki> ability to write expressive melodies and to deliver raw lyrics with clumsy sincerity and unusual technique gives Olsen the potential to be downright fascinating to others."Dinah Washington
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78 RPM, with Olsen's gloriously emotive voice serenading through a smoky haze as if from another world, at once enchanting and mysterious."
Track listing
# "Tiniest Lights"
# "If It's Alive, It Will"
# "So That We Can Be Still"
# "Drunk and With Dreams"
# "Some Things Cosmic"
# "Creator, Destroyer"
References
External links
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2010 debut EPs
Indie folk EPs
Angel Olsen albums