Still from Angel Olsen’s “Tiniest Seed” music video.

I don‰’t think there‰’s anything greater than an ethereal songstress, strumming softly on her guitar while wheezing haunting lyrics.

This, dear friends, is Angel Olsen in a phrase.

After releasing a limited edition, cassette-only piece, Lady of the Waterpark, back in 2010, the St. Louis native immediately took off. Working with Bathetic Records, she produced her 2011 EP, Strange Cacti, and then shot out her debut album, Half Way Home, in 2012.

In her sophomore release, Burn Your Fire For No Witness ‰ÛÓ which was produced and released this past February by Jagajaguwar ‰ÛÓ Olsen channels the trippy-bizarre-ness of Flaming Lips with the lusty, siren-devilishness of Florence Welch. Oh and a dash of ‰00s emo sensation Evanescence. On this album, her sense of tempo is impeccable, and subwoofers and Neolithic drumbeats only enhance her scratchy voice.

You‰’ll hear it all throughout the entire record, but particularly in the quietly sung, yet blatantly painful lyrics of “White Fire‰Û: “Everything is tragic/it all just falls apart/when I look into your eyes/I see pieces of my heart‰Û.

Even when the song is more pop oriented Olsen maintains the atmosphere she conjures. In the relatively upbeat, indie folk-pop track “Forgiven/Forgotten‰” that beautiful angst portrays itself just as strongly as her other work.

While the lyrics aren‰’t as audible, you can literally feel the girl-rock oozing out of her, especially in the electric guitar bit that just about gets to a solo and then brings the song to an end. On this track she chants, “I don‰’t know anything/I don‰’t know anything/I don‰’t know anything/But I love you‰Û.

Well Olsen, I may not know anything, but I think we all might just love you.