Ms. Neko Case

Neko Case is set to release her fifth album this fall on November 9th! it’s an understatement to say i’m looking forward to it. with the power gloss of pop and indie rock these days there aren’t many artists i can count on for not only consistently good albums but consistently amazing albums. Neko is damn reliable in that respect. it also helps that she’s charismatic, funny and well … a siren. Tigers Have Spoken is being licensed to Anti- records in the US and and other places outside Canada. dans Canada, as always, she is still on Mint Records.

Recorded over 7 nights and at 3 different venues in Chicago and Toronto, the album finds Neko backed by a full band featuring the Sadies and steel guitar whiz Jon Rauhouse and special guests Kelly Hogan, Carolyn Mark, Jim & Jennie and the Pinetops, Paul Morstad and Brian Connelly.

it is a live album but anyone who has seen her live knows this will be worth waiting for.

the album will contain two new songs as well as her signature style of covers including: Loretta Lynn and Buffy Saint Marie (an artist she constantly mentions in interviews). it also contains a song i’d heard her play live before it was finally released on Canadian Amp called Favorite. it’s possibly my favorite song of hers. it will also feature the usual suspects guest starring: Carolyn Mark, Kelly Hogan and Jon Rauhouse (fresh from recovery from heart surgery this past summer). the last handful of times we’ve seen Ms. Case (with the exception of a New Pornographers show), she has been backed solely and amply by Rauhouse. i am hoping that this time she’ll head out in the fall to support the album with a full band. while her live setup does a nice job of conveying the feeling of the songs sans band, with the full band is an experience not to be missed. is it November yet?

the track listing:

1. If You Knew
2. Soulful Shade Of Blue
3. Hex
4. Train From Kansas City
5. The Tigers Have Spoken
6. Blacklisted
7. Loretta
8. Favorite
9. Rated X
10. This Little Light
11. Wayfaring Stranger