Worst summer ever & Fiona Apple sets herself free (Nialler9 Podcast)

Live from week five of lockdown remote recording, it’s Andrea and Niall on Episode 88 of the Nialler9 podcast.

We dissect Fiona Apple’s much-lauded and appraised fifth album Fetch The Bolt Cutters. It’s a dizzying , constantly zig-zagging and delightfully free of convention and very likely, one of the albums of the year.

Plus, tracks of the week from CMAT, Patricia Lalor, Jamie xx and it’s officially the worst summer ever.

Discussed:

News

Worst summer ever:

All summer concerts, events & mass gatherings of 5,000 or more banned until September

Reasons To Be Cheerful

Christine And The Queens covers Travis Scott.

James Fridman photoshops

Songs of the week

• CMAT – Another Day (KFC)
• Patricia Lalor – Sleep Talk
• Bishop Nehru, MF Doom – Meathead
• Jamie xx – idontknow
  

Album of the week

Fiona Apple – Fetch The Bolt Cutters

The long-awaited fifth album from the artist is getting perfect tens across the board. Is it really that good? We dive in.

Andrea’s Fiona Apple Essentials Playlist.

Fiona Apple New Yorker profile.

What’s Consuming You? (58:00)

Watching: Notorious (1946) / Parks And Recreation / El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie / Moomins

Reading: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Closing track: Malaki – Lucy McWilliams – Fair Play

Support us on Patreon!

Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly. Support us on Patreon.

Previous podcasts in this series are listed here.

Subscribe in iTunes | Android | ACAST | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Feed

---

Hey, before you go...

Nialler9 has been covering new music, new artists and gigs for the last 19 years. If you like the article you just read, and want us to publish more just like it, please consider supporting us on Patreon.

What you get as thanks in return...

• A weekly Spotify playlist only for patrons.
• Access to our private Nialler9 Discord community.
• Ad-free and bonus podcast episodes.
• Guestlist & discounts to Nialler9 & Lumo Club events.
• Themed playlists only for subscribers.

Your support enables us to continue to publish articles like this one, make podcasts and provide recommendations and news to our readers, and be a key part of the music community in Ireland and abroad.