“Curse of the I-5 Corridor” by Neko Case

"Curse of the I-5 Corridor" comes from Hell-On, Neko Case's seventh album, released by Anti- on June 1, 2018, and it's one of the tracks she co-produced with Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John, who also plays keyboard on it. Case wrote it with Paul Rigby, who plays guitar here alongside Doug Gillard.

The supporting cast runs deep: Joey Burns on piano, organ and Wurlitzer, Matt Chamberlain on drums and percussion, Sebastian Steinberg on bass and autoharp, and Mark Lanegan joining Case at the mic. Chris Schultz engineered, and Case mixed it herself with Lasse Mårtén. Most of Hell-On was cut in Stockholm, and while she was off in Sweden on the album, fire destroyed her Vermont farmhouse and left her without a home; throwing herself into the record helped keep her from dwelling on it.

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