mehan jayasuriya

The New York Times apparently doesn’t allow their videos to be embedded (good luck with that, NYT), so you’ll have to click through if you want to watch a video of Sharon Van Etten showing the Times around my neighborhood and performing a gorgeous rendition of “We Are Fine” in the front room of my local bar. I promise it’s worth the click, though I’m probably a little biased, seeing how this piece is basically the perfect storm of things that I love (I eat way too many meals at that brunch place too!). Van Etten’s new record Tramp is stunning, by the way—a huge leap forward for her in terms of both songwriting and production (it’s worth noting that it was produced right here in Ditmas Park by the National’s Aaron Dessner). Tramp is out this Tuesday on Jagjaguwar—in the meantime, you can stream it in its entirety over at NPR.