Remind Me Tomorrow – Sharon Van Etten

Year	Album	Artist	Stars	Score	Genre
2019	Remind Me Tomorrow	Sharon Van Etten	★★★★	80	Pop	Indie Pop

Remind Me Tomorrow is not as intimate as some of Sharon Van Etten’s other albums — like 2014’s highly personal Are We There or 2011’s indie-influenced Tramp.  Instead, her 2019 release it’s probably her most accessible and upbeat, at least in terms of the instrumentation. 

Where Van Etten traditionally croons over raw, electric guitar, pianos and chamber-forward production that’s emotional, but sparse and chilling at the same time, Remind Me Tomorrow’s tracks include more electronics and grand builds, making it musically closer to an art or indie pop record than an indie rock one. There are brighter pop techniques like synths and drum and bass loops and anthemic hooks, even though she’s still delivering emotional lyrics about her troubles. 

The soaring vocal and piano melodies on “No One’s Easy to Love,” the epic delivery on “Seventeen” and dancy grooves of “Comeback Kid” make the trio some of the most energetic and stand-out, single-quality tracks of her career. There’s still some grittiness to the record though, with cold, tip-hop vibes on “Memorial Day” and heavy, looming synths on “Jupiter 4.” The final few tracks also lean a bit closer to traditional Sharron songs, even if they are a bit warmer overall than her past records.