The GRAMMY-nominated iconoclast Neko Case has released her highly anticipated new studio album Neon Grey Midnight Green via Anti- Records.
This record is Case’s first new music this decade, following 2018’s Hell-On, an eclectic piece that The Guardian called “a pitch-perfect roar of female defiance.” Her latest is no less urgent but carries a deep blue streak of sentimentality in its incandescent blaze. More than any of her past albums, Neon Grey Midnight Green was laid down live with a full band – even breaths and shirt-sleeve rustlings were kept in the final mix as a reminder that “humans were here.” Recording primarily took place at Case’s own Vermont studio, Carnassial Sound, with additional sessions in Denver, Colorado with the PlainsSong Chamber Orchestra and in Portland, Oregon with Tucker Martine.
Neon Grey Midnight Green is already being celebrated as one of Case’s finest achievements — an ambitious, fearless, and deeply human work that reaffirms her status as one of the most distinctive voices in modern music.
Praise for Neon Grey Midnight Green
“It’s an album that blossoms with awe,” Pitchfork beautifully described in a new interview. “Soundtracking Case’s words are windswept arrangements and contagious melodies where baritone guitar, violin swells, and steady percussion crumple up feelings of dread and anxiety.”
“something of a career retrospective, but also Case at her most immediate and daring… amid all the strings and woodwinds, her heartfelt lyricism manifests as one massive floodlight, daring you to gaze straight-on.” – Pitchfork
“a tribute to musicians,” noting its “dramatic tilt” and the “rich potency of her imagination.” – Paste Magazine
“a tasteful showcase for her vivid, poetic lyrics.” – Wall Street Journal
“12 richly expressionistic and mercurial songs shaped by a mix of indie rock, country both alt. and classic, ragtime, folk, powerpop and Southern Gothic, which flit between darkness and melancholy, hopefulness and light.” – Uncut
Neko Case
Neo Grey Midnight Green
1. Destination
2. Tomboy Gold
3. Wreck
4. Winchester Mansion of Sound
5. An Ice Age
6. Neon Grey Midnight Green
7. Oh, Neglect…
8. Louise
9. Rusty Mountain
10. Little Gears
11. Baby, I’m Not (A Werewolf)
12. Match-Lit
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