Armed with heavy artillery - a 'bolt cutter', or bolt cutter - Fiona Apple has once again created a totally idiosyncratic world after a period of eight years. With those bolt cutters she seems to have paved herself a path to the person she is today. Apple hears, along with , and , among others, to the group of artistic American singer-songwriters who usually do not limit themselves to making
… conventional music. Her fifth album is also an interesting mix of accessible and less accessible music. After the opening song in which she gives free rein to her piano skills, Apple sneaks via the nervous Shameika to the title track in which she rubs the hair with a-rhythmic percussion and fragments of spoken word. After Apple released its debut in 1996- whether or not through cryptic lyrics - had processed her difficult childhood, music became a grip for her with which she could give her past a place and develop herself personally. On Fetch the Bolt Cutters, that past is still being quoted, which translates into a whimsicality she will probably never lose. 'I won't shut up', she sings in Under The Table and that should be clear. On Fetch The Bolt Cutters, Apple sounds more quirky than ever before, and while that probably won't appeal to everyone, she is undeniably one of the most creative artists of her generation. (JvQ)more
