​Neko Case (from the album Neon Grey Midnight Green

​Neko Case (from the album Neon Grey Midnight Green

​Neko Case (from the album Neon Grey Midnight Green on Anti- Records) (by Bryant Liggett)
 
Consider yourself lucky for living at the same time as Neko Case. With a voice ripe for any decade, and every genre, Case would have knocked you out singing war era Pop or Laurel Canyon Rock. Now with eight records under her belt, including her latest in Neon Grey Midnight Green, she carries on her world of lyrical triumph and tragedy, animals, and artifacts, all living in ambiguous tales told over classical strings and Pop instrumentation.
The first thing you hear on her latest is that golden croon. “Baby, I’m Not (A Werewolf)” pushes out lyrics before any instruments kick in, the vocal visuals heavy as she references potato chip bags and minotaurs, those references coming with knuckle-ball unpredictability. Playful piano kicks around “Destination” before the baroque influence slides in while “Little Gears” is a ballad that’s playful but heavy as she asks ‘why do people need to feel so important all the time, so above it all?’. “Oh, Neglect” has a haunting and dreamy vibe, a lonely cut where Neko Case’s vocals float light and airy, where she refers to herself as a ‘technicolor creature’. “Tomboy Gold” is a tripped-out blast of experimental greatness, a cut that sounds like it could live in a street musical like West Side Story, and the album closer in “Wreck” is delivered with Indie Rock chops. 
Neon Grey Midnight Green is stacked with orchestral arrangements and dreamy Pop elements, all courtesy of a long list of session players and regular colleagues from the Case’s camp. With random instrumentation providing fills that poke a playful head, Neko Case creates a world of playful Pop and dramatic Psychedelia, and we’re all better for being part of her musical world. (by Bryant Liggett)
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