The Reminder
Leslie Feist follows her half-covers/half-originals album Let It Die with a record that's equally diverse yet more full-blooded, all sung in a voice that could make even Dick Cheney weep.
In 2004, veteran Canadian indie-rock scenester Leslie Feist gathered some songs she'd recorded with friends in Paris and released them as Let It Die, a belated follow-up to her 1999 solo debut, Monarch (Lay Down Your Jeweled Head). The second record was slight by design, but likeable—the perfect soundtrack for a day…
When Leslie Feist released her breakthrough album Let It Die, she became an indie icon almost instantly.
It’s only the songs seemingly constructed for radio play that mar the otherwise radiant Reminder.
The success of Let It Die (2004) percolated over two years wherein Feist (first name, Leslie) became a one-syllable wonder for a variety of music...