Neko Case has been compared to veteran country music artists such as Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, and while those claims may be well founded, her voice also lends an almost haunting aspect to her music. As a singer Case may be superb, but her songwriting meets if not exceeds her vocal abilities.
There is the darkness she exhibits on "This Tornado Loves You": "I carved your name across three counties, and ground it in with bloody hides." And the loneliness on "Prison Girls" when she sings: "Where am I tonight? My hotel room won't remember me." However, as she sings "Middle Cyclone" we get a glimpse of the part of Neko that is yearning for love: "I lie across the path waiting, Just for a chance to be, A spider web trapped in your lashes, For that, I would trade you my empire for ashes, But I choke it back, how much I need love."
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