Find out Why There’s so Much Buzz Around Fiona Apple’s New Album
Apple’s first album in 8 years, Fetch the Bolt Cutters is receiving glowing reviews from fans and critics.
Fiona Apple has not released an album since 2012 so fans are more than excited for her new album Fetch the Bolt Cutters. This album’s sound is quite unlike anything anyone has ever heard. Pitchfork, an American online magazine that writes about music, has given Apple’s album a 10 rating. This is the first time in a decade that the magazine has given an album a 10, the last time being Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010.
Here’s @jennpelly on Fiona Apple’s perfect “Fetch the Bolt Cutters.” An instant classic by an artist whose music is a shot of adrenaline (!), whose writing compels you to laugh through the brutal pain!
Pitchfork’s first new 10 in a decade ✂️✂️✂️: https://t.co/rpbETtKCgZ pic.twitter.com/bwIL1pOMRR
— Puja Patel (@senari) April 17, 2020
The album focuses mainly on Apple’s voice, piano, and her words which have always been her primary instrument. It also includes raw, real-life sounds such as handclapping, chants, whispers, screams, and even dog barking according to Pitchfork. The album strays from her typical pop sound and creates its own kind of genre.
Many of Apple’s works are full of emotion and this one is no exception. She faced a backlash from male critics during her earlier years who would call her immature for her honesty. This album dedicates many songs to young girls and the women they become. She expresses how societal norms and insecurities can shape a woman’s life.
“The very sound of Fetch the Bolt Cutters dismantles patriarchal ideas: professionalism, smoothness, competition, perfection—aesthetic standards that are tools of capitalism, used to warp our senses of self.” And here’s @jennpelly with a perfect 10 https://t.co/GC9DTHDCwR
— Laura Snapes (@laurasnapes) April 17, 2020
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