Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory

Growing up in New Jersey, Sharon Van Etten found her way to the Brooklyn indie rock scene of the mid-2000s and steadily became one of the most beloved voices in independent music. Rooted in rock and folk, she’s spent her career crafting deeply personal songs about love, loss, and the complicated terrain of being human. Her lyrics have an uncanny ability to articulate emotions that are hard to put into words.

Since her debut Because I Was in Love (2009), she has released seven albums, each one an evolution in sound. For her seventh, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, she stepped away from writing alone and brought her band—longtime collaborators Devra Hoff, Teeny Lieberson, and Jorge Balbi—into the creative process. So moved by the energy in the room during rehearsals, she knew she had to capture it together. The result is her most alive-sounding record yet: a gorgeous mix of shoegaze, indie rock, and country-soul with real groove and warmth running through it.

From sparse folk to lush synth-pop to band-driven rock, Sharon has evolved her sound across every album, cementing her as one of indie rock’s most enduring voices.