Feist Reminder ( vinyl LP )

Release date 08-08-2007

2007 Eu issue on standard vinyl LP-written and conceptualized during 33 months of touring and was recorded in just 2 weeks in a 200 year old manor house on the outskirts of Paris with players including Gonzales Jamie Lidell, Mocky and Erik Glambek Boe Kings Of Convenience and includes My Moon My Man with its sucker-punch melody tumbling over hard-soul piano chords 1234 and live favourite Sea Lion Woman picture sleeve.

Tracks
A1     So Sorry     
A2     I Feel It All     
A3     My Moon My Man     
A4     The Park     
A5     The Water     
A6     Sealion     
A7     Past In Present     

B1     The Limit To Your Love     
B2     1234     
B3     Brandy Alexander     
B4     Intuition     
B5     Honey Honey     
B6     How My Heart Behaves 

Feist is the solo project of Canadas Leslie Feist a prolific artist who has also played in one capacity or another with Broken Social Scene Kings of Convenience and half a dozen other bands The Reminder her third release comes from the same well of quiet appealing songwriting and delicate vocalizations that made 2004s Let It Die such a sweet treat This one is a bit more hushed and ballad heavy closer to Cat Power than Peaches with whom Feist has also worked with in the past but maintains an indieminded blend of confessional pop jazzy folk and lofi torch songs The comparatively upbeat single My Moon My Man splits her voice off into unexpected harmonies just dissonant enough to stick in your head Its hard to predict where her melodies are going to end up Brandy Alexander starts with a simple snappulse and gradually unfolds into a cathartic chorus of sweeping vocal overlays Throughout the record profits from a simple unfussy aesthetic that keeps the production minimal and the emphasis squarely on Feists cracking wistful vibrato Everything sounds deliberate but not obsessed over like an emailed wedding invitation Its a lowpressure vibe welcoming and content to linger And linger you will Matthew Cooke