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Angel Olsen (born Angelina Marie Carroll; January 22, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter from St. Louis, Missouri who lives in Asheville, North Carolina.
To date, Olsen has released six studio albums: Half Way Home (2012), Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014), My Woman (2016), All Mirrors (2019), Whole New Mess (2020), and Big Time (2022).
Despite early adolescent aspirations to be a "pop star", her interests later shifted in high school. Olsen became more introverted, regularly attending punk rock and noise music shows at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center and the Creepy Crawl as well as Christian rock shows throughout the city. She began learning the piano and guitar and writing her own music. At the age of 16, she joined a local band called Good Fight, self-described as "a meeting of early No Doubt and punk rock." Two years after graduating from Tower Grove Christian Academy, Olsen moved to Chicago.
She befriended country rock singer-songwriter Will Oldham, who invited her to go on tour as his backing vocalist.
Olsen's third studio album, My Woman, was released on September 2, 2016. In a review for Consequence of Sound, critic Ciara Dolan described the album as a "startling record of unimpeachable strength and honesty", while Pitchforks Jenn Pelly described it as "her best record yet".
In 2019, British producer Mark Ronson featured Olsen on his fifth studio album Late Night Feelings, which also featured Miley Cyrus and Camila Cabello.
On August 28, 2020, Olsen released her fifth studio album Whole New Mess through Jagjaguwar. The album features tracks from All Mirrors arranged in a more intimate style.
On March 30, 2021, Olsen announced a special edition box set titled Songs of the Lark and Other Far Memories, which contains her previous two studio albums All Mirrors and Whole New Mess alongside demos, re-workings, remixes and covers to close this chapter of her career, released via Jagjaguwar. It was announced with the lead single "It's Every Season Whole" and is due for release on May 7, 2021. In 2020, Olsen released several remixes of popular releases. On April 9, 2020, Olsen released a remix of "All Mirrors" from her studio album All Mirrors Produced by Chromatics' Johnny Jewel. On June 3, 2020, Olsen released a remix of "New Love Cassette" from her studio album All Mirrors produced by Mark Ronson with whom she collaborated with on Ronson's song "True Blue".
In 2020, Olsen worked on a Cover version of "Mr. Lonely", originally by Bobby Vinton, for the film Kajillionaire directed by Miranda July. Olsen collaborated with film composer Emile Mosseri on the cover which was released on September 16, 2020, and was included in the soundtrack. On May 20, 2021, Olsen released a single with Sharon Van Etten, "Like I Used To", which was produced by John Congleton. Olsen and Van Etten appear in the music video with their hair styled in similar shag haircuts.
In 2021 she also received the Libera Awards as Best Folk/Bluegrass Record 2021 for her album Whole New Mess (Jagjaguwar) by the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM).
Olsen's sixth studio album, Big Time, was released on June 3, 2022. The album was preceded by the lead single "All the Good Times", and followed by a second single, the title track "Big Time". On April 14, 2023, Olsen released her fifth EP, Forever Means, containing four previously unreleased tracks originally recorded for Big Time.
| 2014 | Libera Awards | Up and Comer Artist Award | Burn Your Fire for No Witness | ||
| 2016 | The Daily Californian Art Awards | Best Non-Billboard Song | "Shut Up Kiss Me" | ||
| 2017 | Libera Awards | Album of the Year | My Woman | ||
| Best Live Act | Herself | ||||
| Video of the Year | "Shut Up Kiss Me" | ||||
| Video of the Year (Fan Vote) | |||||
| AIM Awards | Independent Breakthrough of the Year | Herself | |||
| 2020 | Libera Awards | Album of the Year | All Mirrors | ||
| Best Alternative Rock Album | |||||
| 2021 | Best Folk/Bluegrass Album | Whole New Mess | |||
| 2022 | Video of the Year | "Like I Used To" | |||
| 2023 | Best American Roots Record | Big Time | |||
| Best Sync Usage | "Go Home" |
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