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Fiona Apple: Still Raw, Still Real After 7 Years
14 Aug
Summary
- Apple's first album in seven years features sharp songwriting.
- The new album, 'The Idler Wheel,' is fearlessly austere.
- Homemade sounds and acoustic instruments define the album's unique feel.
Fiona Apple's latest album, her first in seven years, marks a powerful return with her characteristic sharp songwriting and vivid imagery intact.
The new record, titled 'The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do,' is a remarkably distilled and fearlessly austere collection.
Apple collaborated with touring drummer Charley Drayton, utilizing light and incisive percussion, including thigh slaps and truck stomps. This embrace of homemade sounds and acoustic instruments, like the piano and banjo, grants Apple a sense of complete creative control and freedom.
Each element on the album serves a distinct purpose, from the heartbeat rhythm in "Valentine" to the uneasy factory sounds in "Jonathan." The overall spareness contributes to an intimate, insular loneliness that resonates with life's basic realities.
