
words: Neno Costa; photos: Telma Mota
Sold out Hard Club, expectation. Angel Olsen, troubadour of threadbare souls, took the stage for an open-hearted performance in a room surrendered to her lyrical authenticity, invigorated by the more elaborate sound of her 4th album, All Mirrors. There is a luminous beauty in the darkness of the songs of her latest work that Olsenβs and the six musicians who accompany her performance did not disappoint. The orchestral dimension proved to be effective, giving a well-constructed and involving melodic spatiality although, at times, the need for sound adjustments was felt, as in the interpretation of the beautiful Lark, in which the drum/voice balance was not the best. Nothing that took away from the run of the concert, the introspective tone and poetic force that Angel Olsen offered us, punctuated with light moments of interactive decompression with the audience. One went out into the night rewarded, with the soul cleared, but with some restlessness, βWhat about the heart?/ Trouble from the startβ.

texto: Neno Costa; fotos: Telma Mota
Hard Club esgotado, expectativa. Angel Olsen, a trovadora das almas puΓdas, subiu ao palco para uma atuaΓ§Γ£o de peito aberto numa sala que se rendeu Γ sua autenticidade lΓrica, revigorada pela sonoridade mais elaborada do seu 4ΒΊ Γ‘lbum, All Mirrors. HΓ‘ uma beleza luminosa na escuridΓ£o dos temas deste ΓΊltimo trabalho que a sua atuaΓ§Γ£o e a dos seis mΓΊsicos que a acompanham nΓ£o defraudou. A dimensΓ£o orquestral provou ser eficaz, conferindo uma espacialidade melΓ³dica bem contruΓda e envolvente embora, em certos momentos, se tenha sentido a necessidade de ajustes sonoros, sentiu-se isso na interpretaΓ§Γ£o do belΓssimo tema Lark, onde o equilΓbrio bateria/voz nΓ£o foi o melhor. Nada que tenha retirado ao discorrer do concerto a toada introspetiva e a forΓ§a poΓ©tica com que Angel Olsen nos brindou, pontuada com momentos ligeiros de descompressΓ£o interativa com a assistΓͺncia. Saiu-se para a noite recompensado mas com a alma lavada com alguma inquietaΓ§Γ£o, βWhat about the heart?/ Trouble from the startβ.

