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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Music critics love Fiona Apple’s ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters’

    Critics have been swooning over Fiona Apple’s new album “Fetch the Bolt Cutters.” It came out just over a week ago.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 27, 2020 • 15m Listen

    Critics have been swooning over Fiona Apple’s new album “Fetch the Bolt Cutters.” It came out just over a week ago. Pitchfork called the album an “unyielding masterpiece,” and said “no music has ever sounded quite like it.”

    Fiona Apple recorded the album at her home in Venice Beach. We get a review from KCRW DJ Dan Wilcox.

    The full episode

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Digital News & Culture Editor

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      Dan Wilcox

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    Lives of working moms under quarantine
    1. 0:00Are beachgoers violating California’s stay-at-home orders?
    2. 9:39Moms struggle to create work-life balance during COVID-19
    3. 20:01Experiences from a nurse who treated patients during 1980s AIDS outbreak
    4. 26:271980s AIDS outbreak: Lessons for coronavirus
    5. 35:28Music critics love Fiona Apple’s ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters’You’re reading this
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