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Angel Olsen has shared a cover of Billy Idol’s 1983 track ‘Eyes Without A Face’, the latest cut from her forthcoming ‘80s cover EP ‘Aisles’.Olsen’s version of the song – which appears on Idol’s second album, ‘Rebel Yell’ – retains its melancholic, ballad-esque feel, adding buoyancy and mystique with bright, shimmering synths and distorted vocals.

Leading up to the release of Aisles, Angel Olsen's upcoming EP of 1980s covers, the singer-songwriter has shared her own take on Billy Idol's 1983 hit, "Eyes Without a Face." The track serves as the official follow-up to previous covers, Laura Branigan's "Gloria" and Men Without Hats' "Safety Dance," both of which are also set to appear on the EP. After sharing "Like I Used To," her duet with Sharon Van Etten, Olsen said Aisles was her way "to have a little fun and be a little more spontaneous." Back in May, Olsen reissued her 2019 and 2020 albums All Mirrors and Whole New Mess along with remixes and the outtakes collection Far Away as part of the Song Of The Lark And Other Far Memories box set.

Angel Olsen has shared another new track from her forthcoming ’80s covers EP ‘Aisles’, releasing her take on ‘Safety Dance’ by Canadian synth-pop outfit Men Without Hats.Olsen’s industrial-tinged take on the 1982 classic is slower and considerably darker than the upbeat original, progressively building in intensity over time.“I felt this song could be reinterpreted to be about the time of quarantine and the fear of being around anyone or having too much fun,” Olsen commented in a statement. “It made me wonder, is it safe to laugh or dance or be free of it all for just a moment?”Listen to Olsen’s cover of ‘Safety Dance’ below:Olsen announced ‘Aisles’ earlier this month alongside a rendition of ‘Gloria’ by Laura Branigan.

Angel Olsen has announced ‘Aisles’, a new EP of ’80s covers – you can hear her rendition of Laura Branigan’s ‘Gloria’ below.The five-track EP is set to arrive on August 20 and will be the first release on Olsen’s new Jagjaguwar imprint somethingscosmic.As well as taking on Branigan’s ‘Gloria’, the ‘Aisles’ EP also sees Olsen covering ‘Eyes Without A Face’ (by Billy Idol), ‘Safety Dance’ (Men Without Hats), ‘If You Leave’ (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) and ‘Forever Young’ (Alphaville).Recorded in the winter of 2020 at Asheville’s Drop of Sun Studios with co-producer and engineer Adam McDaniel, Olsen explained in a statement that with ‘Aisles’ she “needed to laugh and have fun and be a little less serious about the recording process in