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 bassist Stewart Bronaugh to flesh out her stripped-bac