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[Overstreet]

Pitchfork reports that the new Fiona Apple album is coming right up.

Edited by Overstreet, 07 March 2012 - 02:14 PM.

[Tyler]

And now it has a title:

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The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do.

Which is quite a bit shorter than her 1999 album,

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When the pawn hits the conflicts he thinks like a kingWhat 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 your own hand
And remember that depth is the greatest of heights
And if you know where you stand, then you know where to land
And if you fall it won't matter, cause you'll know that you're right

but still really long.

Edited by Tyler, 07 March 2012 - 12:57 PM.

[Overstreet]

My first thought: That title's too long to tweet. But no, it fits.

[Tyler]

Overstreet, on 07 March 2012 - 01:58 PM, said:

My first thought: That title's too long to tweet. But no, it fits.

Just barely.

Edited by Tyler, 07 March 2012 - 02:35 PM.

[Tyler]

New song, "Every Single Night" is up on Apple's Soundcloud page.

[Tyler]

First Listen.

[Josh Hurst]

Erlewine:

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Lacking either ornate production or a pop single, The Idler Wheel plays like Fiona Apple at her purest and that's plenty complicated: she takes no shortcuts or easy turns, her intent somewhat shrouded but never absent. Much of the charm of Apple's music isn't decoding what it all means but learning its internal clockwork, letting the songs take root, so the love songs ("Jonathan") seem sweeter, the braggadocio ("Hot Knife") funnier, the pathos ("Valentine," "Regret") and paranoia ("Werewolf") feeling fathomless. Once the startling Spartan surfaces of The Idler Wheel become familiar, similarities to her three previous albums are apparent -- she takes certain jazzy strides that hark back to Tidal, there's a rigorous dexterity reminiscent of When the Pawn -- but what's new is an unwavering determination and cohesion. Nothing is wasted, either in the composition or arrangement, and this lean confidence binds The Idler Wheel. Stripped of all her carnivalesque accouterments, Fiona Apple remains as rich and compelling as she ever was, perhaps even more so.

Edited by Josh Hurst, 11 June 2012 - 09:17 AM.