Her first LP since 2012’s ‘The Idler Wheel…’ is the best work of her career While it’s certainly not an album for background listening, those who are willing to invest some time in it will be rewarded by one of the most remarkable records released this year The singer’s brilliant fifth album is eerily clairvoyant and brash in the most extraordinary way On a purely musical level, it’s a bold experiment in pop craft, a collection of songs on which Apple stretches her talents in adventurous new directionsĭespite how difficult the subject matter can be, Fetch the Bolt Cutters is substantially catchy, which makes it all the easier to end up in its thrall

We’ll be talking about it for a long timeīy turns confiding, furious and ironic, Apple’s bravura singing and singular songwriting are handsomely vindicated in her new album Like the very best music, it contains multitudes – it’s a rallying cry for those without a voice, a deep lesson in empathy, a dive into a singular mind, a damn good pop record. The songs are surprising and engaging, just like the act of acceptance itself. There are so many moving parts, shifts, changes, and barely any bridges. With Fetch The Bolt Cutters, Fiona Apple hits a zenith of liberation and experimentation It’s dizzying and wondrous and the start of a fully realized journey that lets you peek into Apple’s headspace and one that maybe lets her finally be seen for the first time in a long time The songwriter unlocks her most challenging, raw, and liberating listen to dateĪn album like this doesn't come often, and an artist like Apple will never come again - she's given us an invaluable piece of light, a reminder to stay alive and awake and angry and kind The reclusive artist’s fifth record, released with the world at a safe distance, couldn’t have come at a better timeĮight years in the making, Fetch The Bolt Cutters is Fiona Apple harmoniously unleashed The unhurried artist’s first studio album in eight years is astonishing, intimate and demonstrates a refusal to be silencedįiona Apple’s fifth record is unbound, a wildstyle symphony of the everyday, an unyielding masterpiece. Sort by ADM rating Sort by most recent review

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