I had been listening to a lot of The New Pornographers lately and decided to check out the solo stuff from one of the members. Neko Case has an amazing voice and listening to her latest album Middle Cyclone is like listening to some sort of nostalgic dream wrapped in honey. Here’s some of my favorite lyrics:

From: This Tornado Loves You

I have waited with a glacier’s patience
Smashed every transformer with every trailer
’til nothing was standing
65 miles wide
Still you are nowhere
Still you are nowhere
Nowhere in sight

From: I’m An Animal

I do my best but I’m made of mistakes
yes, there are still things I’m still quite sure of
I love you this hour, this hour today
and heaven will smell like the airport
but I may never get there to prove it
so let’s not waste our time thinking how that ain’t fair
I’m an animal, you’re an animal too

From: Magpie To The Morning

Black hands held so high
The vulture wheels and dives
Something on the thermals
Yanked his chain
Smelled your boring apex
Rotting on the train tracks
He laughed under his breath
Because you thought that you could outrun sorrow
Take your own advice
Thunder and lightening gets you rain
Run an airtight mission, a Cousteau expedition
To find a diamond at the bottom of the drain
A diamond at the bottom of the drain

Posted on Oct 20, 2009 & filed under music

Tags: chick singer, neko case, redhead