Not resting on the laurels of her sensational album Are We There, one of our highest-placed Best Albums of 2014 (soon come), Sharon Van Etten appeared on Ellen yesterday and performed a great new song, I Don’t Want To Let You Down.  The song supports the sense that Van Etten is ever-more coming into her own as a songwriter-performer.  We love the propulsion (from 2:15 on, in particular) and fuzz-guitar, closing-countdown of the live performance, which should continue to power-up live, beyond the limitations of a TV studio.

Watch Van Etten’s powerful performance and stream the studio recording of the song below.  In addition to this performance, SVE will head out next month on a tour of the globe (dates at bottom).

TOUR DATES:

Wed. Feb. 18 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw # — SOLD OUT
Thu. Feb. 19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw # — SOLD OUT
Mon. Feb. 23 – Tokyo, JP @ Billboard Live (2 shows)
Thu. Feb. 26 – Perth, AU @ Chevron Festival Gardens
Sun. March 1 – Sydney, AU @ Factory Theatre
Tue. March 3 – Melbourne, AU @ The Hi-Fi
Wed. March 4 – Brisbane, AU @ The Zoo
Fri. March 6 – Adelaide, AU @ Womadelaide Festival
Sat. March 7 – Melbourne, AU @ Golden Plains – SOLD OUT
Sat. March 7 – Sun. March 8 — Tas, AU @ A Festival Called Panama
Thu. March 12 – Auckland, NZ @ King Arms
Fri. March 13 – Wellington, NZ @ Bodega
Sat. March 14 – Lyttelton, NZ @ Wunderbar
Sun. March 15 – Dunedin, NZ @ Chicks Hotel
Fri. March 27 – Mexico City, MX @ El Plaza Condesa
Thu. April 16 – Liege, BE @ The Reflektor @
Fri. April 17 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique – Orangerie @
Sat. April 18 – Luxembourg, LU @ Rockhal @
Sun. April 19 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord (Tolhuistuin) @
Tue. April 21 – Bristol, UK @ Trinity @
Thu. April 23 – Dublin, IE @ Whelans @
Sat. April 25 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club @ — SOLD OUT
Sun. April 26 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club @
Mon. April 27 – Gateshead, UK @ Sage @
Wed. April 29 – London, UK @ O2 Shepherds Bush Empire @
Fri. May 22 – Sun. May 24 – Boston, MA @ Boston Calling
Fri. June 5 – Sun. June 7 – New York, NY @ Governors Ball

# w/ Leon Bridges
@ w/ Sam Amidon