Let It Die
Indie Canada knew Leslie Feist as a gadabout guitarist with a golden voice well before her Broken Social Scene tenure. Still, even Feist heads were stunned at her poised transformation into a bossa nova-breathy *chanteuse Parisienne*, capable of effortlessly claiming evergreens by the Bee Gees (“Inside and Out”), Ron Sexsmith (“Secret Heart”), and Francoise Hardy (\"L\'amour ne dure pas toujours\") as her own. Subtly crafted and pleasingly sweater-soft, this slow-burning sleeper refuses to do what its title demands.
Second solo LP from Broken Social Scene vocalist Leslie Feist ("Almost Crimes"), produced by Peaches collaborator Chilly Gonzales, finds Feist in a radically different state of mind.
Somewhere in between living with Peaches, playing guitar with By Divine Right, rapping with Chilly Gonzales, and singing with Broken Social Scene and Apostle of Hustle, Canadian songstress Feist started a solo career.