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I often don't like to dissect music and try to figure out things about it, I just like to let the music do the talking. Neko Case has a beautiful talent.
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Neko Case
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
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AMG Review of Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Mark Deming
All Music GuideNeko Case hasn't had much need to prove her credentials as a major artist since making her solo debut with 1997's The Virginian, but she's been refining her skills in the recording studio on each subsequent release, and with 2006's Fox Confessor Brings the Flood she's fashioned an album that can cautiously be called a masterpiece. As always, Case's voice, an instrument of impressive strength, grace, and expressive power, is the star of this show, and she's never sounded better than she does here, but what sets this apart from her other fine work is her growth as a songwriter and producer. Case wrote or co-wrote all 12 tracks on Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, and her tales of failed friendship, faith stretched to the breaking point, and love that causes as much ache as comfort are subtle and expressionistic but deeply evocative, conjuring images and feelings that linger long after the album has ended, especially the spectral "Star Witness," the moody yet romantic "That Teenage Feeling" and "Hold on, Hold On," and the darkly beautiful closer, "The Needle Has Landed." And Case and her co-producer, Darryl Neudorf, have assembled a superb cast of musicians to accompany these songs, among them members of the Sadies and Calexico as well as Garth Hudson of the Band, Howe Gelb from Giant Sand, and Kelly Hogan. Together they've sculpted a dozen elegant sonic landscapes that are beautiful and richly detailed while meshing with the moody textures of the songs in their open space and unwillingness to crowd either the singer or the other players. The cumulative effect mirrors both the beauty and the sadness that lurks within the human heart, and Fox Confessor Brings the Flood is a rich, mature, and deeply satisfying piece of music that deserves and demands attention -- if this isn't Album of the Year material, it's hard to say what is.
Which song kinda disturbs ya?
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Top spot in my heebee-geebee list goes to Neko Case’s _Hold On, Hold On_. The pitch black heart of an artful, tuneful, and downright beautiful country rock album, Fox Confessor Brings The Flood.The song narrowly beat out the entire back catalogue of Antony Johnson, the possessor of a voice so heart-sinkingly mournful that I’ve yet to find the right time of day, or indeed, year to listen to him
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Emotional Rehab
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Just thought i'd drop a quick post conscerning my rescent encounter with the Fox Confessor album. Life threw yours truly a curve ball recently and Neko Case really took the edges off. I know how much praise this album has recieved all over the mogs, but it might deserve even more. Nothing else really compares too it's haunting harmonies and sultry choir girl crooning. The music is complex enough t
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Woo hoo!
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Okay I think I've got it. I'm supposed to talk about music. Okay it's been a while unfortunately but the most recent CD I bought was Neko Case's Fox Confessor Brings the Flood. On a scale of 1 to 10 I give it a G. In other words me likey. Neko has a beautifully deep voice that I really like...plus it's folksy, country...which I am very much into these days. So I would recommend it to all!...
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Country Case
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So a while ago, I got Neko Case's latest album, "Fox Confessor Brings The Flood". I'd heard some New Pornographers stuff before (of which she is a member) and liked it, so was interested in her solo music. Well, I love this album - it's very country though, which was a bit surprising if expecting something like the New Pornographers.The thing is, if you'd asked me 10 years ago what my most ha...
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Yeah Neko Case,I'm Diggin' Her
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yeah the more i listen to "fox confessor brings the flood" and "twin cinema",i'm pretty damn sure neko case is a very talented artist.love her smokey vocals and expressive power of her lyrics.i really need to check out more of her earlier work.mmm is this country? alt country....shit,its just good
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Neko Case's "Fox Confessor" Set For Re-Release
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Singer/songwriter and revolving member of New Pornographers Neko Case will see the re-release of her debut solo album Fox Confessor Brings The Flood with five bonus tracks on November 6th. In addition, 2000’s Furnace RoomLullaby, which was recorded as Neko Case and Her Boyfriends and 2002’s Blacklisted will be re-issued on the same date. The Fox Confessor Brings The Flood add-ons include a pre
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Which song kinda disturbs ya?
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Top spot in my heebee-geebee list goes to Neko Case’s _Hold On, Hold On_. The pitch black heart of an artful, tuneful, and downright beautiful country rock album, Fox Confessor Brings The Flood.The song narrowly beat out the entire back catalogue of Antony Johnson, the possessor of a voice so heart-sinkingly mournful that I’ve yet to find the right time of day, or indeed, year to listen to him
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Neko Case finds her own voice while branching out
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“I need a cup of tea.”Neko Case had just jumped into a car taking her to soundcheck for her Chicago show Wednesday afternoon and was yawning her way through an interview.Over a year after “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood,” her fifth and best selling album, was released, Case remains on the road supporting that disc, which was among the best reviewed records of 2006.Was she surprised by the
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Stream Neko Case's "Star Witness"
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Here's a track off the reissued version of Fox Confessor Brings The Flood.
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Yeah Neko Case,I'm Diggin' Her
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yeah the more i listen to "fox confessor brings the flood" and "twin cinema",i'm pretty damn sure neko case is a very talented artist.love her smokey vocals and expressive power of her lyrics.i really need to check out more of her earlier work.mmm is this country? alt country....shit,its just good
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Stream Neko Case's "Star Witness"
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Here's a track off the reissued version of Fox Confessor Brings The Flood.
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Song of the Day: Neko Case - "Star Witness"
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Neko Case creates songs like woodcarvings. Her gothic country tales on Fox Confessor Brings the Flood sound hewn and handcrafted, rather than manufactured by a music label focus group."Star Witness" is no exception. Case's bell-true voice and deft way around a verse make lines like "Nickels and dimes of the fourth of July/Roll off in a crooked line/To the chain link lots where the red-tails div...
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These were the songs keeping it real for me back on October second this year.1. Andrew Bird- Heretics2. Ryan Adams- Luminol3. Big Star- Thirteen4. Stereolab- Stomach Worm5. Sigur Ros- Untitled 46. Bob Marley- Natural Mystic7. LCD Soundsystem- Losing Mye Edge8. LCD Soundsystem- Yr City's A Sucker9. Meat Puppets- Teenager(s)10. Neko Case- Star Witness11. Nick Drake- Clothes of Sand12. Air- Cassa...
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Neko Case and M Ward on the same bill!
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Neko Case has confirmed dates for the upcoming tour of the UK & Ireland. M. Ward is joining the bill in London for the tour's kick-off and Visqueen will support all dates. Two more dates to be confirmed... Here's hoping one of them is closer to me and that M Ward will be confirmed there too.+ = w/M. Ward!* = w/Visqueen!+* WED 11/1 - LONDON, UK @ KOKO* THU 11/2 - BRISTOL, UK @ ACADEMY* FRI 11/3...
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Country Case
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So a while ago, I got Neko Case's latest album, "Fox Confessor Brings The Flood". I'd heard some New Pornographers stuff before (of which she is a member) and liked it, so was interested in her solo music. Well, I love this album - it's very country though, which was a bit surprising if expecting something like the New Pornographers.The thing is, if you'd asked me 10 years ago what my most ha...
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Emotional Rehab
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Just thought i'd drop a quick post conscerning my rescent encounter with the Fox Confessor album. Life threw yours truly a curve ball recently and Neko Case really took the edges off. I know how much praise this album has recieved all over the mogs, but it might deserve even more. Nothing else really compares too it's haunting harmonies and sultry choir girl crooning. The music is complex enough t
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Woo hoo!
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Okay I think I've got it. I'm supposed to talk about music. Okay it's been a while unfortunately but the most recent CD I bought was Neko Case's Fox Confessor Brings the Flood. On a scale of 1 to 10 I give it a G. In other words me likey. Neko has a beautifully deep voice that I really like...plus it's folksy, country...which I am very much into these days. So I would recommend it to all!...
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