Olivia Block: Karren

The Chicago-based composer's chaotic two-movement composition rocked Claire Rousay's world

A few days ago, I read this Vinyl Factory article in which Claire Rousay talks about five albums that were important to her musical upbringing. The ‘emo ambient star’ (I believe that’s the official wording now) mentioned an Olivia Block record from 2013 that I actually hadn’t heard before:

“Karren was my introduction to Olivia Block’s work but also to co…