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Sharon Van Etten has revealed a beautiful new song 'Words', which was written for the forthcoming documentary about comedian Tig Notaro. Listen to it below.
Notaro, who's an actor and stand-up comedian and co-hosts the excellent podcast Professor Blastoff, performed a now famous set at LA's Largo just days after being diagnosed with cancer, and just months after suffering the death of her mother and a difficult break-up.
On the spur of the moment, Notaro eschewed her planned set, walked up to the microphone and said, "Good evening. Hello. I have cancer. How are you? Hi, how are you? Is everybody having a good time? I have cancer." The subsequent set has gone down as one of the greatest of all time.
Now, Notaro's story is the subject of a new documentary, Tig, for which Sharon Van Etten has written the closing credits song, 'Words'. It's a poignant, reverb-filled ballad with sprawling synth chords and an electronic drum beat.
Listen to Sharon Van Etten 'Words' below
Watch a trailer for Tig below
Meanwhile, Sharon Van Etten released her latest EP, I Don't Want To Let You Down, last month, folowing her 2014 fourth album, Are We There.
The documentary Tig, which features Sharon Van Etten's 'Woods', is released on Netflix this Friday, 17 July.
