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Liberator 4.2
Feist
Let It Die

Until recently, known for her affiliations with Broken Social Scene, Peaches, and other Toronto hipsters, Leslie Feist (now, Feist) has stepped into her own. Her sexy, beautiful sophomore record has taken the Canadian, French & U.K press by storm with her cabaret torch songs, faux disco and modern soul-folk. Simultaneously invoking Portisheds’ Beth Gibbons, Bjork or Norah Jones gone indie. The stripped down arrangements showcase her sultry yet playful voice. Let It Die is an inspired extravagant, and buoyantly romantic album, Feist’ combines French pop, disco, bossa nova, folk & loungey jazz elements together with producer, and fellow Canadian, Chilly Gonzales for the swanky, sexiest sad record of the year, “Gatekeeper,” only one example of the love torn sentiments, which carry the record. On the snappy "Mushaboom," Feist sings, “The saddest part of a broken heart isn’t the ending so much as the start” and that’s the very sentiment that runs throughout the album. Among the highlights are the swooning conga/guitar/handclaps of the beautifully haunting ballad “When I Was a Young Girl” and The Bee Gees cover “Inside Out,” with it’s lounge-core swagger make even the nerdish indie kid shuffle a little bit in the mirror. (www.listentofeist.com)

words: Jon Jon