Here’s our second taste of Neko Case’s new LP, The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You. In the wake of June’s power-pop lead teaser, “Man,” this one cuts the uptempo energy in two, giving the vocal part room to fill with a soulful heft familiar to her last few records. It’s a welcome step forward, too, replete with resilient lines like “I revenged myself all over myself / There’s nothing you can do to me” suggesting some of her most personal material yet is on the way. Hear it in lyric-video form above.
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