Take a quiet moment: sit with your back to the bark of a tree trunk and gaze at a shaft of sunlight that crosses through the forest. Just breathe….
We tend to think of mood disorders as somehow different from “physical” ailments, but many clinical studies show that physical, measurable aspects of the body (biomarkers) strongly influence the mental state — it’s not just in your head.
Possibilities abound when you are willing to be honest about your current health story and whether it is working for you.
With her sounds and images on this album, Van Etten nods to great female artists who came before her like Patti Smith, Joan Jett, Siouxsie Sioux, Aimee Mann, Liz Phair, Meshell Ndegeocello, PJ Harvey, and Karen O.
The whole album is a natural progression of Blake's earlier albums and cements his status as a trip-hop pioneer in the vein of producer Nellee Hooper and artists like Beth Orton and Massive Attack
