★★★★★
"People say I'm a one-hit wonder, but what happens when I have two?" ponders Sharon Van Etten on Even When The Sun Comes Up, the final song of her fourth album. The best guess is that she's talking about her relationships or something other than her music, considering her discography is a top-quality selection, with a sound that has gained in confidence and eloquence with each release.The self-produced Are We There is another assured step forward...
- www.beat.com.au
2014-06-11
★★★★★
Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten could hardly be called self-indulgent. Her records, whether produced in collaboration with members of bands such as The National, Espers and Beirut, or whether they are more of a solo affair, such as on her latest, self-produced album, Are We There, are emotional without being strident and built through uncluttered arrangements that never lose sight of a song's harmonic core...
- www.kcrw.com
2014-06-10
★★★★★
Throughout the last three albums, Sharon Van Etten has shown us her fear, vulnerability, anguish, anger and regret, all springing out of one awful, abusive relationship. Although all those records, especially Epic and Tramp were excellent, Are We There is an album of new experiences and new relationship troubles. While earlier records felt steeped in Van Etten's own past, Are We There looks at the present, or at least very recent history...
- www.noripcord.com
2014-06-05
★★★★★
?????????? The Sharon Van Etten you've gotten to know on her last two records Epic and Tramp, respectively, has made some major changes. Her newest release Are We There is more lucid and much bigger, making waves with more pop-heavy melodies and a quicker pulse than we're used to from her. And it's really something to see an already incredibly exciting singer-songwriter continue to evolve and try new things. Even her voice sounds more powerful, with a much wider range this time around...
- www.glidemagazine.com
2014-06-02
★★★★★
Heart on sleeve missives on excellent self-produced third from National associate... Sharon Van Etten offered a few words alongside the announcement of her fourth album, Are We There: "I really hope that when someone puts my record on that they hear me." Obvious stuff, you'd think, for a solo artist who's had over five years to establish herself. But it's quietly profound...
- www.uncut.co.uk
2014-06-02
★★★★★
Tweet State of Transition With Are We There, Sharon Van Etten has four studio albums under her belt--no small feat. The New Jersey native turned Brooklynite singer-songwriter released her debut album in 2009 (titled Because I Was In Love), but it was with 2012's Tramp that she really caught the music world's attention...
- www.mxdwn.com
2014-05-30
★★★★★
Sharon Van Etten -- Are We There (Jagjaguwar)
Sharon Van Etten's successes are as hard to delineate as they are easy to appreciate. She's stepped quietly towards the center of indie rock, indie more by association than by any particular style or quirk. Her voice has the clarity of a 1960s coffeehouse singer, just gritty enough to sit comfortably between electric instruments, dark but not a downer...
- dustedmagazine.tumblr.com
2014-05-30
★★★★★
Sharon Van Etten's gorgeous new album, "Are We There," ruminates over a crumbling relationship in great detail - but don't let that put you off. The Brooklyn singer-songwriter tempers her agony with lush production, beautiful melodies and unimpeachable wit. "Break my legs so I won't walk to you/ Cut my tongue so I won't talk to you," she sings in her smoky voice on the thorny "Your Love Is Killing Me...
- www.sfgate.com
2014-05-30
★★★★★
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
It's fair to say she's arrived
After a slow-burning start to her career, 2012's Tramp saw Brooklyn-based Sharon Van Etten achieving the kind of critical and commercial success that allows an artist to dictate their next move. Are We There marks a break from Van Etten's previous producer, The National's Aaron Dessner, to self-produce a remarkably intimate and intelligent collection of material...
- recordcollectormag.com
2014-05-30
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