Angel Olsen w/ Nona Invie at First Avenue

Last year’s 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 a 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 you’re living it, and Forever Means collects songs from the Big Time sessions that hold this common theme. They are, in Olsen’s words, “in search of something else.”

Nona Marie Invie is a singer/composer based in Minneapolis that has worked with a range of musical projects, including Folk Americana band Dark Dark Dark, electronic trio RONiiA and the choral ensemble Anonymous Choir. They have been praised for their "flexible, penetrating voice, shedding both light and shadow on the meaning of her lyrics" (NPR). Formerly IN/VIA.