Album Review: Olivia Chaney Shows You Are Your Own “Shelter”

Sometimes, we need quiet. We need to take out all the surrounding noise so that we can find our own voice: the inner space that shows how our flaws, triumphs, transgressions, and wonders move within us. Keeping that in account, Olivia Chaney wrote Shelter, which she will perform at National Sawdust on July 31.

I know that music is not quiet, but there are certain records that play as potently as silence. If quietness could sing, Olivia Chaney would be its voice. With a voice swimming in clarity and profundity, she sings tracks like, “Arches,” “A Tree Grows In Brooklyn,” and “O Solitude.” There are those that believe every person is their own world, and Shelter feels like that within each song, except Chaney’s lyrics show a single being can be multiple worlds. From “Colin and Clem” to “Dragonfly,” Olivia proves a mind can be vast with its delicacy.

Like I said, this album feels like silence has spoken, which means its melodies are delicate, meticulous, and destined to be played by those that want a pensive moment. I love when albums make you want to pay attention, and Chaney’s voice is almost professorial in how it grabs your mind and veers it through verses and hooks like lessons, which makes me wonder how it will play live. There is something really special to a string-led melody and how it matches with an angelic voice. Thus, I imagine how beautifully it will sound in the artful locale of National Sawdust.

Once again, on July 31 at National Sawdust, you can hear Olivia Chaney’s Shelter. The album is crisp, cozy, and grandly minimal in arrangements , which will cool down any hectic day to remind you that joy lies in details. Moreover, Chaney is a thoughtful personality; whose mind reels with a precise perspective that sages through the highlights and lowlights of living. For More Information And Tickets To Olivia Chaney Click Here.