Unconditional Love

It was never my original intention to post about Fiona Apple. While I’ve occasionally featured high-profile artists, I’ve attempted to keep Womenfolk focusing more on people I felt were a bit more obscure. By now, I figure everyone has heard of Fiona Apple and that there were enough web sites out there praising her musical goodness.

However, despite her wide fan-exposure, it seems Ms. Apple needs to be mentioned.

It’s been a long wait since Apple’s last record, 1999’s When The Pawn…. Since then, fans have eagerly awaited the release of Apple’s third record. And from the looks of it, a release date is still in limbo.

Although there are different stories about its future, Apple’s third album, Extraordinary Machine, is complete and has been so since early 2003! It’s been said that her record company (Sony Music) simply are lost in how to properly market it and have since taken the ‘out of sight, out of mind’ path.

But somehow, an early copy of the album made its way into the hands of DJ Harms, a disc-jockey for 107.7 The End in Seattle, Washington, and in-turn, onto the airwaves. Even more recently, what appears to be the entire album of Extraordinary Machine has been made available on the web in an attempt to get this music heard.

But just because we can now download the album shouldn’t deter us, the fans, to lessen our desire to get Extraordinary Machine properly released so that everyone can have access to the album and so that Ms. Apple can finally enjoy the fruit of her labors.

Free Fiona, indeed.


Downloads:

I have personally opted not to post any leaked songs off of Extraordinary Machine, as there are many sites out there offering them. Still, I encourage that you listen to them and do what you can to support the album’s release. Be sure to check out www.freefiona.com for more information.

WWW:
Free Fiona
Loveridden (fan site)
Fiona Apple (official site)