[DID NOT ATTEND: February 7, 2025] Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory
I saw Sharon Van Etten live back in 2019. I really enjoyed her set more than I thought I would. And yet since then I haven’t really been that interested in her music as much.
She’s had a few songs (like this year’s Afterlife) that I’ve really liked, but when she announced a show at Union Transfer in April I was pretty meh about it.
Then it was announced that she and her new band were doing a Free at Noon, and I though that that was the best way to check her out. And I’m so glad I went because her band (and the whole set) was fantastic.
I’m not sure how long these musicians have been playing with her, but word is that she solidified them as a band with this album and they record the album as a band rather than as a SVE project with backing musicians. The Attachment Theory is Teeny Lieberson on keys, Shanna Polley on guitar, Jorge Balbi on drums, and bassist Devra Hoff. When I saw her last time I didn’t know any of her band except for singer Heather Woods Broderick whose voice is amazing. But Teeny Lieberson’s backing vocals suited Sharon’s perfectly, creating that hauntingly beautiful sound that Sharon does so well.
I was right in front of Devra, whose bass work was great (there was a some cool stuff on a fretless as well as a fretted bass). The bass was a little loud in the mix for me since I was right in front of the speaker, but the opening bassline of Trouble was fantastic and I loved watching Devra play it. (more…)
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