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Neko Case - The Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

Yet again, the Cunucks make good music



I picked up a copy of Neko Case's latest triumph a few days ago and, officially, I love it.

Neko Case, who had me hooked right before the release of The Tigers Have Spoken, gives us another reason to not dismiss country music. And I'm not just talking 'alt-country' in the vein of Lifted or even Rabbit Fur Coat. I'm talking about right down to the fucking quick, god-honest Country music—Like Emmylou or Dolly. This is the caliber I'm speaking of. Emmylou, Dolly, and Neko.

Ms. Case got me, like I said, in the pre-buzz of 'Tigers', when I went out and picked up a copy of Black Listed to see if I was really going to count down the days until 'Tigers' was released. Turns out, I loved 'Black Listed', and I did count the days down to 'Tigers' release—and past, thanks to Laramie's local Hastings and how far they keep their fingers from the pulse of music, period, let alone indie-rockster musings.

Really, I don't have to tell you about this record. Everyone has already beaten me too it--Venus has Neko on their cover of the most recent issue. But I figured I'd drop a little mention for you kids out there who like picking up the shit I tell you about. Don't even worry about downloading it; just go out and buy the fucking record.

(Actually, you can hear the whole of the record here, so I don't see the point in downloading just to hear it. Personally, I'm going to say check out track four ['A Widow's Toast'], which is what I can't stop listening to).

(P.S. : Playing around with that media player and trying to figure out which track was 'Toast', I hit play on my CD player at the precise moment in which the media player finished buffering—and I got a in synch, pitch-perfect rendition of 'That Teenage Feeling' through both my stereo's speakers and my computers speakers. Rad.)

(P.P.S. : Speaking of female country singers of greatness, I'm thinking about picking this up, after hearing a track off it on a (semi) recent Paste sampler. What do you think? Worthy of purchase?)

posted by Colin Reed Moon @ 2:24 PM