The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do — Fiona Apple

A restless, percussive exploration of the friction between the self and the world.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 42m

Every Single Night

3:30

Daredevil

3:28

Valentine

3:33

Jonathan

5:04

Left Alone

4:51

Werewolf

3:13

Periphery

4:58

Regret

5:17

Anything We Want

4:41

Hot Knife

4:02

Moments Worth Listening For

The jarring, metallic clanging that opens Every Single Night setting a tone of industrial intimacy.

The sudden, breathless vocal layering on Hot Knife that transforms into a rhythmic, percussive chant.

The way the piano keys are struck with such force on Regret that you can hear the physical mechanism of the instrument.

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Where This Album Departs

How does The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do sound next to the rest of Fiona Apple's catalogue?

This album stays in step with the catalogue across the board — no axis departs enough to be worth its own note. Hover the dots to see where each one sits.