| Apple, Fiona / Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will... |
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| Album: | Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will... | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Apple, Fiona | Added: | Jun 2012 | |
| Label: | Cleanslate Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-06-23 | Pull Date: | 2012-08-26 |
| Week Ending: | Aug 26 | Aug 19 | Aug 12 | Aug 5 | Jul 22 | Jul 15 | Jul 8 | Jul 1 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| Album Review |
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| Wallace Brontoon Reviewed 2012-06-23 | ||
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Fiona Apple The Idler Wheel is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do Reviewed 6-23-2012 Hervey Okkles Fiona Apple, her first in seven years. And a REALLY long title. This is a great release, about as good as that sorta "singer-songwriter" sound will ever be. Weird, off-kilter vocalizations, and man, can she sing in weird directions. Minimalist accompaniment throughout... all plinky little rinky-dink piano, some minimal amateurish drumming, some clicking or clacking everywhere else. A very clean sound in her voice, which is magnetic and compelling, but lo-fi and county-fair ramshackle in its instrumentation. Abstract lyrics with nice interesting words everywhere. It's weirdo chanteuse, basically. But it's all well, well realized. RIYL: Melanie (does it possibly help anybody to say this sounds like Melanie?), Aimee Mann & Regina Spektor (although this is better). But basically, Melanie, in the best way possible. 1. (3:33) ** Plinky toy piano. Minimal. Some jangling. Full voice on top of everything. Enchanting, hypnotizing, offkilter chanteuse near-yodeling at parts.. 2. (3:28) ** More plinky piano, but chanting with background harmonies, kinda spooky and thundery, weird and cool multi-rhythms... 3. (3:32) Very Jon Brion. Sad piano, breaks into a happier drive. A bit orthodox and standard, but with a "you you you" unnatural repetition which is pretty neat. 4. (5:03) * Climbing piano work, joined by askew sideways vocals... weird trashcan percussion later. An angry dirge. 5. (4:50) ** Odd dull drumming intro, repetitive walking piano, then rushed jazzy vocals. '50s jazz for a detective TV show sound. High notes are reached for dubious reasons. Drumming gets manic. 6. (3:12) A bit too pop-sounding in melody... it's about werewolves, but it's a miss. 7. (4:58) ** Circular piano loops, full-sharped-edge voice... A little belty, but goes some weird places, and some nice harmony joins in. Ends with a lot of what sounds like feet walking on gravel. 8. (5:16) Kinda dull, boring... worth missing. 9. (4:40) Soda bottle percussion... another fairly staid track, but pretty. 10. (4:02) ** Weird energy opens it... with tympani going wild. Backing tracks enter, schizophrenic and weird, scatting about butter. Gets chatter and cluttered by end. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Every Single Night | 6. | Werewolf | |||
| 2. | Daredevil | 7. | Periphery | |||
| 3. | Valentine | 8. | Regret | |||
| 4. | Jonathan | 9. | Anything We Want | |||
| 5. | Left Alone | 10. | Hot Knife |