Weekly Obsession - Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and the Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than the Ropes Will Ever Do

Ever since my high school English teacher asked us to bring in music that would relate to JD Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, I've been obsessed with Fiona Apple. I brought in Never is a Promise on Tidal and spoke of realization and phrasing and mood shift - at 17. The point is Fiona Apple produces real fans - she has a way with words and the fans - myself included - have been waiting for this album.

She's done this before - gone into hiding and hasn't produced music. She leaves the fans that love her most puzzled because she is a real person. This new album is worth the wait. Unlike her last it is not covered with ambitious instrumentals experimenting with her sound. It is as if she has has finally come into her own and has said to all of us - Yes, I am weird. I no longer care to make music that will be main steam. Yes, that line of thinking produced amazing music in her teens - but as a woman she has seemingly let go of this and embraced her inner sarcastic, bitter weirdo. In my opinion she has finally come into her own and produced the best music of her career - see Anything We Want.