{"id":3122,"date":"2018-08-01T07:02:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T14:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=3122"},"modified":"2025-03-12T12:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T19:06:10","slug":"neko-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/neko-case","title":{"rendered":"Episode 141: Neko Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Last Lion of Albion&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SongExploder141-NekoCase-600x420.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SongExploder141-NekoCase.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SongExploder141-NekoCase-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SongExploder141-NekoCase-560x392.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&amp;ge=prx_93_d5816798-82c3-418a-bcb1-f98c4e14111b\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/SongExploder\">RADIOPUBLIC<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/d5816798-82c3-418a-bcb1-f98c4e14111b\/SongExploder141_NekoCase.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nekocase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neko Case<\/a> is a singer and songwriter. She\u2019s been nominated for multiple Grammys, and in addition to her own music, she\u2019s a member of the band <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_Pornographers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New Pornographers<\/a>. In June 2018, she put out her 7th album, <em>Hell-On<\/em>, which she also co-produced. In this episode, Neko Case breaks down the song \u201cLast Lion of Albion.\u201d Albion\u2019s one of the oldest names for the island of Great Britain, and it was while she was in England that this song first began.<\/p>\n<p>This episode is guest-hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/thao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thao Nguyen<\/a> of Thao and the Get Down Stay Down. It features special intro music by <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/julien-baker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julien Baker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1352943462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy or stream \u201cLast Lion of Albion&#8221; here<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/reverb.grsm.io\/sxp-neko-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can buy the album on vinyl here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/neko-case-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/K.d._lang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">k.d. lang<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=raNGeq3_DtM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foreigner &#8211; I Want to Know What Love Is<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Farfisa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farfisa<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vocoder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vocoder<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Last Lion of Albion&#8221; \ufeff\ufeff LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 RADIOPUBLIC \u00b7 MP3 Neko Case is a singer and songwriter. 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