Sharon Van Etten

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Sharon Van Etten joins us today—the singer/songwriter who Pitchfork recently crowned an “indie rock institution.” Earlier this month, Van Etten released her sixth and arguably best album, We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong. On today’s episode, Broken Record producer Leah Rose talks to Sharon Van Etten about recording her new album in her L.A.-based home studio during lockdown while attempting to balance domestic life. Sharon also explains how her inner Jersey girl comes out onstage. And why wearing leather pants and heels on stage post-pandemic feels so daunting.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, today we have Sharon Vanette in the show, the singer-songwriter who
0:15.8	pitched fork recently crowned in Indy Rock Institution.
0:20.4	Vanette was discovered in the early arts after performing at Open mics in Manhattan's
0:24.3	lower east side.
0:25.8	Her 2009 debut album, Because I Was in Love, was written as a way to process surviving
0:31.0	a violent crime and an abusive relationship in her 20s.
0:35.7	Over the next few years, Sharon continued her journey in music, releasing albums, and
0:39.6	touring internationally until on a whim around 2015, she auditioned for the Netflix show,
0:45.0	The OA, landing a major role despite having no previous acting experience.
0:51.1	In May, Vanette and released her critically acclaimed sixth album.
0:54.6	We've been going about this all wrong.
0:57.1	In my opinion, it's her best.
0:59.5	It's an album dedicated to the collective trauma amassed in the lead up to the pandemic
1:03.4	and beyond.
1:05.1	On today's episode, Broken Record producer Leah Rose talks to Sharon Vanette about
1:08.9	some of those pandemic issues, like recording her new album in her LA-based home studio,
1:13.9	During Lockdown, while attempting to balance domestic life.
1:17.9	Sharon also explains how her inner jersey girl comes out on stage, and why wearing leather
1:22.4	pants in heels on stage post-pandemic feels so daunting.
1:29.2	This is Broken Record, liner notes for the digital age.
1:32.4	I'm just a mission.
1:34.4	Here's Leah Rose with Sharon Vanette.
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