![]() A 19-year-old writing so clearly, so confidently, so movingly about her experiences, some so horrific that might rather forever silence a young woman, elevates the music to another level. I instantly fell in love with her sound - the growling, alto voice that can soften achingly on a dime, the almost classically-based piano creating the bedrock of the songs, the bass-heavy riffs and lush instrumentations that fill in the gaps. The album had barely been released and Shadowboxer was just starting to get some airplay on the alt-station here. I first heard this album live when she played the Capital Ballroom in Washington, DC. I think this album would fit right in, yet still be it’s own thing and there’s something to say for that.Īlso, can you imagine if she had married Paul Thomas Anderson? Maybe she would’ve shown up in INHERENT VICE and that would’ve been weird. Or put a young Fiona Apple on tour with Billie Eilish and I wouldn’t blink an eye. I’ve tried listening to Phoebe Bridgers, for example, and found that dull as paint but boy do people younger than me seemingly adore her. I think she would be treated differently by the press than she was back in the day and it seems like there are an awful lot of young listeners who are drawn to the vibe of a song as much as they are the catchiness of a melody or anything else. As in, pretty much every song after “Criminal.” I didn’t hate them and the last song stood out a little, but that one two punch of “Slow Like Honey” and “The First Taste” lost me and I never quite recovered.īut! I think you’re right, too, Craig! I did find myself thinking as I was listening that this album probably would be extremely well-received if it came out right now. I don’t know… something about the drum sound? The drums felt mushy to me here with a few exceptions.Īnd like Alex, I too was sadly bored by a lot of this. And that was the one song I definitely associated with this album and, really, with Fiona Apple overall. “Criminal,” on the other hand, didn’t spark the same level of enthusiasm now as I had for it when it was released. “Sleep to Dream” is a banger and though I probably hadn’t heard it in ten+ years I was surprised by how many of the words I knew despite never owning this album. ![]() I wanted to like this one so much more than I did. Once again going last allows me to say I agree with all of you in one way or another.
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