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Neko Case's Memoir Inspires Powerful New Album 'Neon Grey Midnight Green'
30 Sep
Summary
- Neko Case's 8th album reflects on grief and celebrates life
- Collaborates with 20-piece orchestra for intimate, all-encompassing sound
- Album explores themes of time, memory, and truth-telling
In September 2025, acclaimed singer-songwriter Neko Case releases her eighth studio album, "Neon Grey Midnight Green," which arrives on the heels of her recent memoir, "The Harder I Fight the More I Love You." The new album showcases Case's artistic evolution, as she navigates the storms of memory and grief with a renewed clarity of purpose and an awe for life.
Recorded in collaboration with the 20-piece PlainsSong Chamber Orchestra, "Neon Grey Midnight Green" is a career-spanning work that blends Case's signature feral baroque pop sound with a lush, all-encompassing orchestral arrangement. The result is a strikingly intimate and emotionally resonant collection of songs that grapple with the concept of time and the need to honor those who have been lost.
Tracks like the lead single "Wreck" and the poignant "Winchester Mansion of Sound" demonstrate Case's raw and effusive lyricism, as she navigates the debilitating yet truth-telling nature of grief. The album's title, inspired by the meeting of slate-colored clouds and conifer forests in the Pacific Northwest, serves as a metaphor for the duality of Case's songwriting—the familiar sense of vengeance and foreboding juxtaposed with a newfound wonder and gratitude for life's mysteries.
