#3 Song of the Year 2012
”WEREWOLF” - Fiona Apple
On The Idler Wheel, Fiona Apple stripped her compositions down to vocals, piano, percussion, and found sounds, culminating in one of the most striking and accomplished albums of her career. ”Werewolf” is the furious early capstone of a set of heartsick ballads in which both parties are equally to blame for the demise of a relationship. While Fiona playfully compares her former lover to a shark biting off her head, she woefully admits that she was “waving around a bleeding open wound.” Always known for putting it ‘just-so’ since Tidal, 16 years later, Fiona still manages to surprise us with her brutal, beautiful honesty.
