Blog: State Magazine

Despite its full unwieldy title, Fiona Apple ’s fourth album The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do is one of the most refined and focused albums to emerge in the sixteen years since Apple’s debut album Tidal . Opening beautifully, the emotionally strained (and slightly disturbing) ‘Every Single Night’ promises an album full of pain and anxiety. Commencing with some slow and simple notes, the track builds up to a spine-tingling release of jittering vocals and intensely captivating lyrics. [...]