till we clear the accounts

neko case's new album is out, middle cyclone. this clip is actually from the new pornographers, the canadian collective she collaborates w/on & off. there's destroyer(bejar), ac newman, zampano, etc. there's something about the collective that carries over into each of the individual outputs w/o impinging on the specific sounds. they're all worth listening to but neko is my favorite.

ann & i saw her open for merle haggard in oakland two years ago. her voice is what's astonishing(well, she's beautiful too...)deep & rich, swinging freely from solid hard core country to pop. the new album is challenging, rich, & deep. i read an interview w/her where her interlocutor asked about why she sings about animals that have been trapped or caged or tamed. "or NOT tamed," she replied quickly. that sums up what i hear in her music: the captive & the unvanquished.

enjoy