[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory w/ Love Spells | April 25 @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville

It’s been more than 15 years now since folky, indie rock singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten made her stunning introduction with 2009 debut album, Because I Was in Love, and more than a decade since she broke out to wider recognition (and first captured our attention, as an early No Country favorite) with 2012 third effort Tramp, her first via buzzy label Jagjaguwar, produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner (who, of course, has been working with stars like Taylor Swift and Gracie Abrams in recent years). A New Jersey native and one-time resident of the Nashville area (she briefly attended MTSU and lived in Murfreesboro for a few years before making music her full-time focus), Van Etten was based in Brooklyn by the time her career took of, and has been in Los Angeles since just before the pandemic. Following the success of Tramp, Sharon continued to expand her earnest, folky, and soulful style of indie rock with 2014’s Are We There, before stepping back from music for a few years, during which time she pursued acting (appearing on cult hit Netflix show The OA from 2016-2018, and couple of movies in the years since, like Never Rarely Sometimes Always and How It Ends). Returning in 2019 with fifth LP Remind Me Tomorrow, the versatile songwriter began moving towards a more lush, synth-y, and adventurous musical aesthetic, which helped her reach an even wider audience, and has become a signature of her sound in subsequent records.

As with so many artists, Covid upended creative plans at the start of the 2020s, and after a couple years of different collaborations and singles and false-start tour plans, Van Etten returned with acclaimed 2022 indie rock effort We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong, the subsequent tour for which last brought her to Nashville that same year- her only Music City show of the last decade- with Julien Baker and Angel Olsen. For her latest LP, which arrived back in February, Sharon has centered her band, The Attachment Theory (drummer Jorge Balbi, bassist Devra Hoff, and synth/piano/guitarist Teeny Lieberson), in the creative process for the first time, opting to call it Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory, and to feature those bandmates prominently in photos and media. The result, while not unrecognizable, is something very distinct from the rest of Van Etten’s prior output, more synth-y, moody, post-punk, and goth rock rooted, which has been met with widespread acclaim from fans and critics alike. In support, Sharon and her band are set to return to town April 25, to headline Brooklyn Bowl with buzzy young indie artist Love Spells, and tickets are still available right here while they last! We’re also excited to announce that we’re giving away a pair of tickets to one lucky winner, so if you’d rather try to win your way in, preview the lineup and enter below.

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Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory and Love Spells will perform Friday, April 25 at Brooklyn Bowl Nashville. The show is 18+, begins at 8 p.m. (doors at 6 p.m.), and tickets are available to purchase for $37.40-93.30.