Month: June 2006

Here’s an expression that needs to die: “It’s the greatest thing since sliced bread!” I can think of a million inventions that are better than sliced bread. Say, for example, toilet paper. Whatever people were doing before toilet paper was invented, I can pretty much guarantee it was worse than slicing bread.

If you haven’t checked out the new Neko Case album, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, I highly recommend you do so. This is her fourth solo studio album, though you may also know her from her work with The New Pornographers. I picked this up on the recommendation of an email from Amazon.ca, despite not having heard any of her previous albums. This album has an alluring combination of lush instrumentation, cryptic yet emotive lyrics, and finely crafted songs. And Case’s amazing voice soars over it all like… uh, something that soars. Whatever, I can’t write reviews. Just buy the damn album, it’s really good. Here’s an MP3.