Heartbreak is a (typically) non-lethal form of paralysis, and Angel Olsen knows its symptoms well. On “Whole New Mess,” the title track from her forthcoming album, she embodies the leaden immobility that keeps the lovesick bedridden. Whole New Mess is Olsen’s first LP recorded without a backing band since 2012’s Half Way Home, and the simple elegance of her electric guitar makes a strong case for her newfound solitude.

Olsen’s strums sound drowsy and socked in by fog, forming the perfect atmosphere for her doo-wop slow dance as they circle slowly and dip into queasy minor chords. Her aerial soprano offers relief from the warped sway of her instrument—but the words she sings pull her right back down to the ground. “I stretch my bones out on the floor,” she admits, before offering a false promise to rise and “really do the change.” The change, as Olsen repeats, is “getting back on track,” a task she can’t execute today but will attempt at a later date. Procrastination becomes Olsen’s crutch, carrying the hope that tomorrow will be the beginning of better days. For Olsen, however, recovery is a temporary state. When the time comes, she’ll “make a whole new mess again” and recline into the stasis of heartache once more.