Now Listening - Fiona Apple's new album

Fiona Apple - One of our... ok, my... favourite female singer songwriter of all time.

Her new album has a pretty short title by her standards - The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do.

 So... 7 years since  Extraordinary Machine , 13 years since the one with that looooong title, and 16 years since  Tidal , the one that captured and still holds us... what of the new Fiona Apple?

Is she still as cool as when she played  Tidal 's Shadowboxer as a 19 year-old?




Are the songs as dark sultry as Paperbag from (here we go)  When The Pawn Hits The Conflicts He Thinks Like A King What He Knows Throws The Blows When He Goes To The Fight And He'll Win The Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters The Ring There's No Body To Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold You ?



Are the lyrics as clever as the title track of  Extraordinary Machine ?



First listen through the 10 tracks - they are vintage Fiona Apple.
That voice, the themes, the lyrics, the pain... all there and then some.

Wadaya expect?? The girl recorded with Johnny Cash.... twice!!

here's the first single that can give Florence a good lung run...