Great album to feature! It's funny -- I had to pull out my CD of Idler Wheel as I've been playing the digital version of the album for the past couple years and "Largo" is the last track. It's a great song, but "Hot Knife" is a much better final track. I'm working on a Fiona Apple piece and led an online discussion on When the Pawn....with 10 other music writers just two weeks ago. So I was playing all her albums a lot recently. I was noting how "Hot Knife" felt like a precursor to Fetch the Bolt Cutters, a connection I hadn't thought of until playing all the albums in a row. I think that "I Know" from When the Pawn... is another stellar final track.
Great album to feature! It's funny -- I had to pull out my CD of Idler Wheel as I've been playing the digital version of the album for the past couple years and "Largo" is the last track. It's a great song, but "Hot Knife" is a much better final track. I'm working on a Fiona Apple piece and led an online discussion on When the Pawn....with 10 other music writers just two weeks ago. So I was playing all her albums a lot recently. I was noting how "Hot Knife" felt like a precursor to Fetch the Bolt Cutters, a connection I hadn't thought of until playing all the albums in a row. I think that "I Know" from When the Pawn... is another stellar final track.