We've Been Going About This All Wrong

by Sharon Van Etten

We've Been Going About This All Wrong cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 6 May 2022
  • Label: Jagjaguwar
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:19
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 11 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded entirely in her custom-built home studio in Los Angeles during the height of the pandemic, the album addresses the anxiety of raising a child amidst global uncertainty. The production marries the driving, synthesized soundscapes of her recent work with the intimate, acoustic vulnerability of her earlier folk-leaning releases.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, atmospheric, synth, confessional, claustrophobic, distorted, melodic, female-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Darkness Fades (4:33)
  2. Home to Me (3:38)
  3. I'll Try (3:07)
  4. Anything (2:38)
  5. Born (5:02)
  6. Headspace (4:26)
  7. Come Back (4:29)
  8. Darkish (4:04)
  9. Mistakes (3:59)
  10. Far Away (3:19)

Credits

  • Devin Hoff - bass guitar
  • Jorge Balbi - drums, drums, percussion, programmed by, drums, programmed by
  • Charley Damski - synthesizer, glockenspiel, synthesizer, guitar, baritone guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesizer
  • Jay Bellerose - drums
  • Zachary Dawes - electric bass
  • Benji Lysaght - guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Owen Pallett - strings
  • Dave Palmer - piano

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