Whole New Mess combines the dazzling ambition of 2019’s classic All Mirrors with the force and power of Angel Olsen as a solo performer. Many of these songs are already established as among the best she has ever written, and they are presented here at their most fundamental. Recorded not as demos but as a necessary and intentional precursor to All Mirrors, Whole New Mess reinforced Olsen as an incomparable songwriter and performer.
