Neko Case announces career retrospective, Wild Creatures

Ebru Yildiz

Neko Case has announced a new digital career retrospective, Wild Creatures, which is being released on Friday via Anti-. The compilation features songs from throughout her career, on up through her most recent album, 2018’s Hell-On, as well as a new track, “Oh, Shadowless.” A video for the new song will premiere on Friday. On Friday, Case will also unveil a new website presentation of the retrospective, with animated artwork from Laura Plansker to accompany each track, as well as commentary from essays from Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield, her New Pornographers bandmate A.C. Newman and Garbage’s Shirley Manson, commentary from Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Calexico’s Joey Burns, Kevin Morby, David Byrne, Roseanne Cash, Mayim Biyalik and many others.

Case has also announced a 2022 tour, the dates of which you can check out below. And on May 19, she’s hosting her first livestream performance, “Wild Creatures: Live from the Lung,” at 8:30 p.m. for Substack subscribers.

Neko Case Wild Creatures tracklist:

1. I’m An Animal
2. Lady Pilot
3. Halls of Sarah
4. Man
5. Star Witness
6. I Wish I Was The Moon
7. The Next Time You Say Forever
8. Favorite
9. Hell-On
10. Hold On, Hold On
11. Polar Nettles
12. Wild Creatures
13. Furnace Room Lullaby
14. A Widow’s Toast
15. Deep Red Bells
16. This Tornado Loves You
17. Winnie
18. Night Still Comes
19. Maybe Sparrow
20. Things That Scare Me
21. The Tigers Have Spoken
22. Set Out Running
23. Oh, Shadowless

Neko Case tour dates:

4/28 – The Music Hall – Portsmouth, NH ~
4/29 – Higher Ground Ballroom – Burlington, VT ~
5/19 – Wild Creatures: Live From The Lung – Streaming Event For Substack Subscribers
5/28 – Levon Helm Studios – Woodstock, NY ~
5/29 – Levon Helm Studios – Woodstock, NY ~
6/1 – Paramount Theatre – Austin, TX +
6/2 – Paper Tiger – San Antonio, TX +
6/3 – Granada Theater – Dallas, TX +
6/4 – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX +
6/7 – Pappy & Harriet’s – Pioneertown, CA #
6/8 – Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay – San Diego, CA #
6/10 – Theatre at the Ace Hotel – Los Angeles, CA #
6/11 – Fremont Theater – San Luis Obispo, CA #
6/12 – The UC Theatre – Berkeley, CA #
6/13 – The Center for the Arts – Grass Valley, CA #
6/15 – Vogue Theatre – Vancouver, BC %
6/16 – Woodland Park Zoo – Seattle, WA %
6/17 – Pioneer Courthouse Square – Portland, OR *
6/18 – Bing Crosby Theater – Spokane, WA %
6/19 – Egyptian Theatre – Boise, ID %
6/22 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO ^
6/23 – The Admiral Theater – Omaha, NE **
6/24 – Sheldon Concert Hall – St. Louis, MO **
8/28 – Brooklyn Bowl – Nashville, TN ~~
8/29 – Bijou Theatre – Knoxville, TN ~~
9/1 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN ~~
9/2 – Pabst Theatre – Milwaukee, WI ~~
9/3 – Out of Space @ Temperance Beer Co. – Evanston, IL ^^
9/4 – Nelsonville Music Festival – Nelsonville, OH
9/6 – White Eagle Hall – Jersey City, NJ ##
9/7 – Emerson Colonial Theatre – Boston, MA ##
9/8 – Brooklyn Steel – Brooklyn, NY ##
9/9 – Filene Center at Wolf Trap – Vienna, VA ++
9/10 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA ##
9/12 – Orange Peel – Asheville, NC ##
9/13 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA ##
9/16 – Alaska Center for the Performing Arts – Anchorage, AK
9/17 – Hering Auditorium – Fairbanks, AK

with Kara Jackson ~
M. Ward +
Leyla McCalla #
Gabby Moreno %
Indigo Girls *
Andrew Bird / Iron & Wine ^
Bendigo Fletcher **
She & Him ++
Disq ~~
Courtney Marie Andrews ^^
Sean Rowe ##

Neko Case’s Blacklisted is featured on our list, A History of Indie Folk in 45 Albums.