Neko Case
Neko Case is a member of the New Pornographers (I bloged about their latest here), but her solo work is much more soulful, less poppy and in general a more fulfilling listen. Her latest effort, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, strings together alt-country and folk-rock styling with her much acclaimed vocal ability to create an album steeped with emotion, lush vocals, a few hooks, and tons of spirit. But enough stupid words, I can't do her justice, scroll down and listen!
Reviews:
Pitchforkmedia's Ryan Dombal - 7.7/10.0 Nobody today does eerie dust-bowl balladry and anachronistic rustic-murder milieu quite like Case. Combining country, folk, and old-school rock, she faithfully invokes scenes of late-night wandererings illuminated by a jalopy's lone functional headlight. As a refined version of Blacklisted, Flood provides alluring riddles and obsessive desolation, Case subverting her easy-access vocals with difficult abstractions and heady projections.
What other bloggers have to say:
An Aquarium Drunkard - I highly recommend purchasing this album in it's entireity, and of course see her Live if the opportunity presents itself. That voice of hers is even more spell-binding in a Live setting.
Ashcan Rantings - After posting about Neko Case this morning, I had a chance to listen to the majority of her NPR performance and was amazed. I bought a copy of her new album, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, this afternoon and it's solid from top to bottom.
*Sixeyes - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood, and the accolades began to roll in. I'm not a fan and even though some profess that Case has moved away from the alt-country siren leanings, I can hear wopping dollops of by-gone country queens in every thing she sings... and more than a touch of '50s torch seeps into her songs here and there.
Exercises for the reader:
Hold On, Hold On
Teenage Feeling
The Needle Has Landed
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Reviews:
Pitchforkmedia's Ryan Dombal - 7.7/10.0 Nobody today does eerie dust-bowl balladry and anachronistic rustic-murder milieu quite like Case. Combining country, folk, and old-school rock, she faithfully invokes scenes of late-night wandererings illuminated by a jalopy's lone functional headlight. As a refined version of Blacklisted, Flood provides alluring riddles and obsessive desolation, Case subverting her easy-access vocals with difficult abstractions and heady projections.
What other bloggers have to say:
An Aquarium Drunkard - I highly recommend purchasing this album in it's entireity, and of course see her Live if the opportunity presents itself. That voice of hers is even more spell-binding in a Live setting.
Ashcan Rantings - After posting about Neko Case this morning, I had a chance to listen to the majority of her NPR performance and was amazed. I bought a copy of her new album, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, this afternoon and it's solid from top to bottom.
*Sixeyes - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood, and the accolades began to roll in. I'm not a fan and even though some profess that Case has moved away from the alt-country siren leanings, I can hear wopping dollops of by-gone country queens in every thing she sings... and more than a touch of '50s torch seeps into her songs here and there.
Exercises for the reader:
Hold On, Hold On
Teenage Feeling
The Needle Has Landed
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