I’ve been involved with music most of my life. I don’t recall when it began, but I can clearly remember first hearing Giant Steps and the Bartok quartets. Once in a great while, a piece of music will give me an epiphany as strong as the first pangs of love, something majestic and transcendent.
From adolescence on, I set about trying to create something that could generate that sort of reaction. I think I came close a few times. In one medium or another, I think we all get that chance a few times in our lives.
Neko Case certainly has. Several times, she’s nailed it perfectly.