Fiona apple fetch the bolt cutters4/9/2023 Stream: ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters’ – Fiona Appleĭo you think this album earned the perfect score given to it by many publications (specifically Pitchfork’s 10.0 rating)? How does it compare to her earlier works? On this roundtable discussion, Atwood Magazine’s writers discuss Fetch the Bolt Cutters, Apple’s legacy and reputation, her penchant for a particular kind of darkness, and the catharsis that’s inherent to the album’s spirit. At a time when we can’t break free from the walls of our homes, it forces us to identify and break free from other, more abstract and powerful forces that paralyze us day in and day out. It doesn’t hold back, and it asks listeners not to either: fetch the bolt cutters and break away from whatever prisons or boxes are restricting them. Made in the confines of her own home, Fetch the Bolt Cutters is a collage of formative moments in Apple’s life, featuring a cast of characters including middle school bullies to obnoxious dinner party guests to Apple’s dog. And then, while we were all stuck at home, unable to go anywhere, Apple released Fetch the Bolt Cutters, her fifth studio album. The world yearned for someone who would look the truth right in the eye and confront it, speak about her life lacking the polish and filter that so permeates people who, like Apple, have reached legend status. With the increasing popularity of fake news and a growing disbelief in the reality we’re actually living in, Apple’s silence felt deafening. We escaped the apocalyptic predictions of December 21st 2012, but now, eight years on, the world is paralysed by another, and maybe worse kind of doom and despair. Looking back, it seems like a completely different world, an alternate reality. Some conspiracy theorists thought the world was coming to an end, Obama was re-elected, and Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” was the song of the moment. Last time we heard from Fiona Apple, it was 2012. Featured here are Atwood Magazine’s writers Mariel Fechik, Nick Matthopoulos, Jesse Herb, Matthew Dunn, Josh Weiner, and Nicole Almeida. Atwood Magazine’s writers discuss Fiona Apple’s ‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’, her first album in almost eight years, the catharsis and darkness embedded in the album’s narrative, and the record and Apple’s reputation.
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