Last Years Big Time Brought Angel Olsen To A Deeper, Truer Sense Of Self Than Ever Before. Borne From The Twin Stars Of Grief And Love, The Album Delivered Beautiful Sense Of Certainty, The Sure-Footed Sound Of An Artist Fully, Finally At Home With Herself. But Within That Wisdom Comes The Realization That There Is No Finish Line, No Destination Or Static End Point To Life While Youre Living It, And Forever Means Collects Songs From The Big Time Sessions That Hold This Common Theme. They Are, In Olsens Words, In Search Of Something Else.

I Was Somewhere Traveling, Says Olsen, Stopped For A Few Days And Wandering The City, And I Was Thinking What Does Forever Really Mean? What Are The Things Im Seeking In Friendship Or Love, And How Can Forever Be Attainable If Were Always Changing? Sitting With The Reality Of That Entropy, Olsen Realized Maybe The Secret To Ongoing Love Is To Embrace Change As Part Of Love Itself, That Forever Must Have Something To Do With Playing, Looking, Constantly Searching Things Out For Yourself, Never Letting Yourself Think Youre Finished Learning Or Exploring.

Forever, Says Olsen, Remains Curious While Trying Also To Be Kind And Honest.

All This Packs Into The Four Precious Songs That Comprise Forever Means, Songs From Olsens Roads Traveled And The Ones Ahead. Nothings Free / Like Breaking Free Olsen Sings, Comfortable With The Costs Of Her Clarity, Her Heart And Voice Fixed On The Present, The Future, The Not-Yet-Known And The Beautifully Unknowable.