Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of...

by **Blondini** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:45 am

The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw, And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (album).

She's at it again! Not quite the wordy title that When The Pawn... was but at 23 words, still a mouthful! :lol:

Out June.

by **joiPrince_JO** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:14 am

Blondini wrote:The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw, And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (album).

She's at it again! Not quite the wordy title that When The Pawn... was but at 23 words, still a mouthful!

Out June.

The title's so pretentious IMO.

Well, not the title itself but the lenght of it.

Website · by **Cactuar** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:17 am

OMG she' back! I'm really glad, it souunds rather interesting. Pretentious or not, the lady knows how to make sense.

by **HBIC** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:50 pm

01. Every Single Night
02. Daredevil
03. Valentine
04. Jonathan
05. Left Alone
06. Werewolf
07. Periphery
08. Regret
09. Anything We Want
10. Hot Knife

Out June 26th.

by **SeaBass** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:23 am

The song titles are intriguing but that album title is a killer. And I kind of liked 'When The Pawn Breaks...'

by **naughtynae** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:16 am

I CAN NOT WAIT!

by **TwistedAngel** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:20 am

This is the best thing that's happened to me since 2005 :lol:

Website · by **Loose** » Tue May 01, 2012 3:11 pm

So anticipated!!

Every Single Night is a great single track. Very Florence + the Machine like.

by **naughtynae** » Thu May 03, 2012 5:23 pm

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007VT ... d_i=507846

Lyrics, Drawings, Sketches, Photos, DVD

GETTING THIS!

by **Merci** » Sat May 19, 2012 8:51 pm

joiPrince_JO wrote:The title's so pretentious IMO.

Well, not the title itself but the lenght of it.

I agree

shorter than her second album's title, though

"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 Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You'll Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You Know That You're Right"

yup

on W magazine

As for the new album, recorded with no professional producer, it's arguably Apple's most stripped-down, avant garde work yet, full of harsh, homemade percussion, stomping on the hood of a truck, triangle she made out of old bathroom pipes

by **CrazyCrazy** » Sat May 19, 2012 9:52 pm

Oooh that description sounds interesting. I'll have to dedicate a whole page if this album enters my chart! :lol:

Website · by **Cactuar** » Sun May 20, 2012 4:01 am

Every Single Night is pretty amazing!

by **Merci** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:17 am

you can hear 'Anything We Want' here

http://soundcloud.com/fionaapple/anythi ... nt/s-IVD0O

by **Blondini** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:18 pm

Merci wrote:you can hear 'Anything We Want' here

http://soundcloud.com/fionaapple/anythi ... nt/s-IVD0O

I prefer that.

Website · by **Loose** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:05 pm

I'm not into Anything We Want at all. :-?

From beginning to end I find only few appealing passages.

EVERY SINGLE NIGHT: 8/10
ANYTHING WE WANT: 6/10

Let's see how the rest sounds like. So far I'm a bit concerned. Her last three records had brilliant lead singles and quite a few highlights in themselves (f.e. "Get Gone" and "Window" being top-notch album tracks that never got a release). What has been previewed from "The Idler Wheel Is Wiser.." is less striking.

Website · by **Cactuar** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:46 pm

Video for Every Single Night is out, it's utterly stunning.

My first listen to Anything We Want: The melody is ridiculously complex, I don't think it's easy to like this...
Second listen: Wow this is really amazing.
Third listen: I love this song so much.
Now I'm on my fourth listen. :cry:

There's something so poignant yet fragile about the lyrics. I love the arrangements too, the piano is melancholic/reflective while the percussion is just quirky and... domestic?

I'm thinking this will be her best album to date, and definitely a contender for album of the year for me.