My friends in New York know that I’m into comedy, but never were like ‘You should try that,’” Van Etten says.ĭiscovering a sense of community inspired her move to L.A., which is where she recorded “Remind Me Tomorrow” with the help of producer John Congleton. “I don’t know if it’s because I’m stepping outside of comfort level, but for some reason in L.A. comedy scene and took an improv class with her at the Groundlings. “I’m not about to turn into a comedian or anything,” Van Etten clarifies, adding that the effort was at the encouragement of her son’s babysitter, who is rooted in the L.A. Somewhere in the midst of making her most dynamic album yet in “Remind Me Tomorrow,” she is also pursuing a psychology degree and, yes, tried out comedy.
In 2016 she portrayed an angelic-voiced captive on Netflix’s sci-fi drama “The OA,” and the following year turned up in David Lynch’s rebooted “Twin Peaks,” where she performed at the show’s noirish roadhouse to close the sixth episode. Perhaps as a result, shortly after sitting for a recent lunch at a greenhouse-like restaurant atop her hotel in Koreatown, Van Etten quickly changes the subject to the waiter.īut that now-or-never approach also speaks to Van Etten’s creative life.
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Referencing a few of her favorites in Margaret Cho, Todd Barry, Nate Bargatze and Amy Sedaris’ twisted Comedy Central series “Strangers With Candy,” she notes she was a regular visitor to the Comedy Cellar, which was around the corner from her apartment in Manhattan. The second is she might be as committed a fan of comedy as music. Given the occasionally folk-leaning sound of her past work, the first may be her deep love for the dark, foreboding sounds of Portishead and minimalist no-wave punks Suicide, both of which were touchstones for a surprising, eclectic album that swaps the familiar organic framework behind her swerving vocal melodies for growling synth textures and hard-hitting percussion. There are a few things fans might not expect to learn about Sharon Van Etten, who this Friday released her fourth full-length, “Remind Me Tomorrow.”
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