Sharon Van Etten Remind Me Tomorrow

On her fifth proper full-length album, Sharon Van Etten pushes beyond vocals-and-guitar indie rock and dives headlong into spooky maximalism. With production help from John Congleton (St. Vincent), she layers haunting drones with heavy, percussive textures, giving songs like “Comeback Kid” and “Seventeen” explosive urgency. Drawing from Nick Cave, Lucinda Williams and fellow New Jersey native Bruce Springsteen, Remind Me Tomorrow is full of electrifying anthems, with Van Etten voicing confessions of reckless, lost and sentimental characters. The album challenges the popular image of Van Etten as just a singer-songwriter and illuminates her significant talent as composer and producer, as an artist making records that feel like a world of their own.