Midnight Sister — Painting The Roses Te Track retold in detail in the

retold in detail in the liner notes

and all of it is held together by Van Etten's uncanny ability to both pierce the hearts of her listeners and make them whole again

" and "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" as well as perfect renditions of timeless favorites by The Beatles and The Who

a lot of what sounds like drum machines and other repetitive licks

is a slow-burner made for dancing close on a hot summer night

Midnight Sister — Painting The Roses Te Track retold in detail in theMidnight Sister, multi disciplinary LA artists Juliana Giraffe and Ari Balouzian make motion pictures. Yes, sometimes with moving images but most often only with the music they create together. Balouzian's serpentine, string compositions are movie scenes that allow Giraffe, a brilliant character actor, to cloak herself in a new roles and voices. A bit of Jon Brion's score work; some old Hollywood strings; a solid dose of glam and outsider disco from