Ahead of the holiday season, Sharon Van Etten releases a pair of songs, “Silent Night” b/w “Blue Christmas.” Van Etten’s rendition of “Silent Night” is broody and minimalistic, emphasizing her muscular voice over droning synth. It was recorded in 2018 for the “The Letter,” a short film by Eric Paschal Johnson that received a Vimeo Staff Pick Award. In Van Etten’s cover of the holiday classic "Blue Christmas,” her voice prettily mulls over lulling, simplistic guitar. It originally appeared o...
Published on November 19, 2020 01:56