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Neko Case – Middle Cyclone

Posted by Jim on Mar 30, 2009 in Music | 0 comments

It’s been a long road traveled for the woman who frequently appeared sprawled out on the floor on her album covers:  looking as though taken from behind by surprise, panic stricken and unable to move, to the image that adorns the cover of Neko Case’s sixth CD, Middle Cyclone, who is nobody’s victim.  Sure it’s all a little bit camp, but who doesn’t envy the strength she summons clutching a sword, ready to strike, perched upon the hood of a Cougar.  It’s Barbarella meets Tarantino.  And it’s hot. The songs are all connected by themes of weather, animals, and loneliness.  And it’s the songs that follow a more traditional...