Angel Olsen ...
Raised in St. Louis, Missouri and later relocating to Chicago, Illinois, indie folk singer/songwriter Angel Olsen began performing in St. Louis coffee shops in her teenage years, eventually branching out and tapping into a network of like-minded artists. Olsen worked with California musician Emmett Kelly as part of his collective the Cairo Gang , singing harmonies on Bonnie "Prince" Billy 's 2010 album The Wonder Show of the World , as well as its 2011 follow-up, Wolfroy Goes to Town . In 2010, Olsen released Strange Cacti , a cassette of original Americana songs that was later reissued as a 12", both with Bathetic Records. Half Way Home , a gorgeously spare album with understated arrangements and a homespun approach somewhere between '50s country crooners and her indie contemporaries, was issued with the same label in 2012. In early 2013, Olsen added drummer Josh Jaeger and ...