Feist // Metals

Release Date: Monday 3rd October

Feist – Metals (Polydor)

The trouble with Feist is – and let’s be certain that the Canadian songstress doesn’t inflict much strain – is that she continues to be known for her delirious little singles. ‘Mushaboom’ and ‘1,2,3,4’ were deemed to be the perfect songs to sell polo shirts and iPods, and while they skip over you delightfully, Feist could equally have sung, “I went to a Chinese Restaurant to buy a loaf of bread, bread, bread” and it may have had the same effect. The voice is mesmerising, yes, but there’s a bigger point to Feist – she has phenomenal taste in music; a member of Broken Social Scene, Jose Gonzales’ missus, toured with Peaches and has had her song ‘Limit to Your Love’ covered and brought to light by James Blake. The experience seems to culminate here, in a loaded album of bluesy, spacious, isolated and rural folk. I found it hard to get beyond the captivating first track, ‘The Bad in Each Other’, just repeating, letting it draw me far in each time. There’s no novelty to this album, and it’s completely warranted to take herself seriously this time. Let’s just hope Diaggeo or the likes aren’t in the market for a new slice of Feist.