Fiona Apple’s “Extraordinary Machine” is a gem of a song, finished two years ago and shelved by Sony but finally seeing the light of day after numerous Internet leaks. The song is the soundtrack to the cracked house of mirrors that is a broken relationship - yeah, the ghost of Apple’s breakup with PT Anderson haunts the song, apparently. And Apple’s smoky-voiced defiance about criticisms match perfectly the lyrics defending her personality and who she is:

I seem to you to seek a new disaster every day
You deem me due to clean my view and be at piece and lay
I mean to prove I mean to move in my own way, and say
I’ve been getting along for long before you came into the play

Rhymes and circus chords stalk “Extraordinary Machine”, imbuing it with a menacing I’ll-show-you lilt. It’s a stunning return to recording for the kohl-eyed musician, and an extraordinary machine of a song.