Neko Case - Furnace Room Lullaby

"Furnace Room Lullaby makes one point perfectly plain: Neko Case's voice is a force of nature. She's capable of quickly transmuting from blue-sky tranquility to hurricane-force furor." — Pulse!

Vinyl reissue of this classic Neko Case album, originally released in February 2000. The alt-country belter sounds weightier on Furnace Room Lullaby, each song touched by personal tragedy. "Whip the Blankets" and "Mood to Burn Bridges" are rare rave-ups that feature the road-tested Her Boyfriends and a fierily defiant Case, but as fast and as fun as these songs are, they're propelled by a peculiar desperation that streams through every song, even the breezy "No Need to Cry" and the Tacoma-loyal "Thrice All American."

This sense of unspecified loss culminates on side one with "Twist the Knife", which showcases Case's close dynamic with Her Boyfriends, and on side two with "South Tacoma Way," a tearjerker that eloquently evokes the aimlessness that follows deep grief. Case's startlingly soulful performance and the songs' lyrical specificity make Furnace Room Lullaby both a fiercely local album and her most satisyfing collection.

 

Side 1

Set Out Running

Guided By Wire

Porchlight

Mood to Burn Bridges

No Need to Cry

Twist the Knife

Side 2

Thrice All American

We’ve Never Met

Whip the Blankets

South Tacoma Way

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