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Neko Case Returns With A New Anthem, Fueled By 'Bad Luck'

In the second single from this summer's Hell-On, the powerhouse singer belts out an ode to misfortune and, ultimately, survival.
Neko Case's new album, <em>Hell-On</em>, comes out June 1.

When releases this summer, it'll be her first solo album in five years. But the singer has kept busy in that records and launching case/lang/veirs, her supergroup with and . So it's no wonder that 's early singles — the and the new "Bad Luck" are all that have come out so far — find the powerhouse singer resetting herself a bit.

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