Metals is the follow-up to her 2007 breakout The Reminder. Recorded in Big Sur, California, Feist co-produced the album with longtime collaborators Chilly Gonzales and Mocky, as well as newcomer Valgeir Sigurdsson (Bjork, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy) Metals will mark Feist's celebratory return to the world stage.
. Vocals. guitar. piano. banjo. drums Years active 1991–present Labels, Associated acts, Website Leslie Feist (born 13 February 1976), known professionally as Feist, is a singer-songwriter and guitarist, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the group. Feist launched her solo music career in 1999 with the release of.
Her subsequent studio albums, released in 2004, and, released in 2007, were critically acclaimed and commercially successful, selling over 2.5 million copies. The Reminder earned Feist four Grammy nominations, including a nomination for. She has received 11 Juno Awards, including two Artist of the Year. Her fourth studio album, was released in 2011. In 2012, Feist collaborated on a split EP with metal group, releasing an interactive music video in the process.
Feist received three Juno awards at the 2012 ceremony: Artist of the Year, Adult Alternative Album of the Year for Metals, and Music DVD of the Year for her documentary. Contents. Early life Leslie Feist was born on 13 February 1976 in, Canada. Her parents are both artists. Her father, Harold Feist, is an American-Canadian painter who taught at both the and in. Her mother, Lyn Feist, was a student of from Saskatchewan.
After their first child, Ben, was born, the family moved to Sackville. Feist's parents divorced soon after she was born and Ben, Feist and their mother moved to, where they lived with her grandparents. They later moved to, where she attended as well as. She aspired to be a writer, and spent much of her youth singing in choirs. At the age of twelve, Feist performed as one of 1,000 dancers in the opening ceremonies of the, which she cites as inspiration for the video '1234.'
Because her father is American, Feist has dual Canadian-U.S. Citizenship, joking later that she was given U.S.
Citizenship as part of a deal with. Music career In 1991, at age 15, Feist got her start in music when she founded and was the lead vocalist for a Calgary punk band called Placebo (not to be confused with the English band ). She and her bandmates won a local Battle of the Bands competition and were awarded the opening slot at the festival Infest 1993, featuring the Ramones. At this concert she met, whose band performed immediately before hers, and with whom she joined in ten years later. In 1995, Feist was forced to take time off from music to recover from vocal cord damage. She moved from Calgary to Toronto in 1996. That year she was asked by of to play bass in his solo project.
She played the bass guitar in Noah's Arkweld for a year despite never having played bass before. In 1998, she became the rhythm guitarist for the band and toured with them throughout 1998, 1999, and 2000. She also played guitar for some live performances by, but was never an official member of the band. In 1999, Feist moved into a apartment above with a friend of a friend, who then began to perform as electro-punk musician. Feist worked the back of the stage at Peaches' shows, using a and calling herself 'Bitch Lap Lap'. The two also toured together in England from 2000–2001, staying with of and Feist appeared as a guest vocalist on.
Feist appears in Peaches' video for the song ', suggestively rubbing and licking a bike. Later, Feist covered this song with (whom she met while touring with Peaches) on her album Open Season.
In 2006, Feist contributed backup vocals on a track entitled 'Give 'Er', which appeared on album. Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down) (1999–2001) Feist's solo debut album, was released in 1999. It is composed of ten songs, including 'Monarch' and 'That's What I Say, It's Not What I Mean.'
The album was produced by Dan Kurtz, who would later form. Let It Die (2001–2006) In the summer of 2001, Feist self-produced seven songs at home which she called The Red Demos, which have never been released commercially. She spent more than two years touring throughout Europe with Gonzales.
In that same year she joined a group of old friends in forming a new version of Toronto indie rock group, adding vocals to many tracks after being forbidden to play guitar by de facto bandleader. She subsequently recorded with the band. While on tour in Europe with Gonzales, they began recording new versions of her home recorded Red Demos, which would later become her major label debut. Let It Die featured both original compositions and covers, and Feist has been noted both as a songwriter and as an innovative interpreter of other artists' songs. After the recording of Let It Die, Feist moved to Paris. While in Europe, she collaborated with Norwegian duo as co-writer and guest vocalist on their album, singing on 'Know How,' and 'The Build Up.'
She also co-wrote and sang 'The Simple Story' as a duet with on her album Rendezvous. Feist performing in 2006 In early 2006, Feist moved to Paris, where she recorded a followup to Let It Die at LaFrette Studios with, and Renaud Letang, as well as her touring band Bryden Baird, Jesse Baird, Julian Brown of, and of Paso Mino. Feist's third solo album, was released on 23 April 2007 in Europe, and on 1 May 2007 in Canada, the USA, and the rest of the world. She toured worldwide to promote the album. The album features ',' a song co-written by New Buffalo's, that became a surprise hit after being featured in a commercial for the, hitting No. 8 in the US, a rare feat for musicians and even more notable since it hit the Top Ten on the strength of downloads alone. She has been lauded in the press and was featured on the cover of the New York Times arts section in June 2007.
Had sold worldwide over 1,000,000 copies and is certified gold in the U.S. The album also won a for on 6 April 2008 in. Videos for many of the singles were directed by, who previously directed the video for 'Mushaboom' and went on to direct '1234,' 'My Moon, My Man,' and 'I Feel It All.'
'1234' and 'My Moon, My Man' were choreographed by the acclaimed choreographer & dancer. The video for Honey, Honey features the work of avant-garde puppet troupe,.
' was featured in the UK teen comedy and was used in the film. 'Honey Honey' was featured in (episode 5.06, 'Lights! 'I Feel It All' was featured in the 2008 film. Popular German DJ remixed 'My Moon, My Man,' which appears on his 2007 debut album. The DJ has also been known to close sets with the remix. In January 2009, played a cover of Feist's 'The Park' from The Reminder on Australian radio's. The song 'Limit to Your Love' was featured in season 2, episode 1 of British teen drama, and was used in the film.
A of the song was released by UK singer-producer as a single from his 2011 self-titled album. Prior to the airing of an Apple iPod nano commercial featuring this song, The Reminder was selling at approximately 6,000 copies per week, and '1234' at 2,000 downloads per week. Following the commercial, the song passed 73,000 total downloads and reached No. 7 on Hot Digital Songs and No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100; The Reminder jumped from No. 28 on the Billboard 200, with sales of 19,000. Following the television advertisement for the iPod nano in the UK, the single beat its original chart position of 102 to become number 8 in the UK charts.
Magazine named '1234' one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at No. Writer called the song a 'masterpiece,' praising Feist for singing it 'with a mixture of wisdom and exuberance that's all her own'. On 6 April 2008, Feist won a for the single as.
Feist performed an alternate version of '1234' on during its 39th season (2008), teaching children to count to the number four. She said working with the Muppets was a career highlight. In 2009, Feist appeared in a short film directed by Broken Social Scene bandmate Kevin Drew that focused on her song 'The Water.' Feist appears alongside and David Fox in the silent role of 'Mother.' This film was streamed from Pitchfork.com for a week starting on 2 March 2009. In an interview with the site, Feist described the experience of being in this movie as 'watching a movie while being in a movie.' Metals (2007–2013) In 2007, Feist was placed No.
9 on Spinner.com's 2007 Women Who Rock Right Now. And named both 's and 's Breakout Artist of the Year. After taking on the road as her opening act in Europe she acted in his video Who Am I and joined him on drums for You Don't Love Me. Feist was photographed by for the November 2007 issue of as part of a photo essay on folk music. On 3 November that year, she performed ' and ' on. Feist live at the 2008 (, Canada) Feist was on the cover of the Spring 2008 edition of. On 28 April, Feist was interviewed.
At the end of the show she performed 'I Feel It All,' while Colbert donned Feist's blue, sequined, strapless jumpsuit from the ' video. Feist joined Colbert again on his first-ever Christmas special, which first aired on 23 November 2008.
She played an angel working for Heaven's overloaded phone (prayer) service. She also accompanied the Disko Bay Expedition of.
On 20 October 2008, she told that, following the success of her last album, she felt she needed to step away from the pressures of the music industry to consider her next career move and 'rest for a minute'. In March 2009, it was announced that she would make a guest appearance on the track 'You and I' on 's. In 2009, Feist was featured in the television film 'My Musical Brain' with neuroscientist and writer, based on Levitin's bestselling book. Feist collaborated with Brooklyn band on the song 'Service Bell' for the AIDS charity the. This song appears on Red Hot's album, and she joined the band in June 2009 during their Toronto show to sing this song and contribute backing vocals to the song 'Two Weeks.'
She also collaborated with on a cover of 's ' for the same album. In June 2009, she re-joined at a performance celebrating the launch of the band's biography entitled, in which she is prominently featured. This contradicted various rumors saying that it was unlikely Feist would ever play with the band again; this was the first of several appearances with BSS. She performed with Broken Social Scene during their concert of 11 July 2009 at, singing and playing guitar through most of the concert, as well as performing a medley of her solo songs with Kevin Drew and his solo songs. The concert was filmed by director Bruce Macdonald and released as. She sings on Broken Social Scene's most recent album. She performed with the band again in June 2010 on Olympic Island, and at the Sound Academy in Toronto on 9 and 10 December 2010.
Feist joined, Wilco, and in a Los Angeles studio covering 's as part of Beck's Record Club series, with videos appearing on Beck's website beginning November 2009. She also contributed vocals on Constant Companion the second album from Canadian songwriter. Feist sings on the tracks 'What I Saw' and the duet 'Don't Make Me Wait'. The album was released 12 October 2010.
Her song ' was covered by British post-dubstep artist and later remixed as a dubstep track by and played to high acclaim at the 2011 Ultra Music Festival. On 7 July 2011, Feist with 's, 's Nicolas Godin, and performed and 's at an all-star gig 'The Velvet Underground Revisited' which took place in, Paris.
Her album was released on 30 September 2011. Collaborators include,.
The album received widespread acclaim from and appeared on the!earshot Campus and Community National Top 50 Albums chart in January, 2012. At Coachella, 2012 In 2012, Feist plans to cover a song from the progressive metal band, with Mastodon also covering Feist, and release both songs on a split 7' on. They also released a crossfading interactive video for the song 'A Commotion'. Feist also has a cameo in the 2011 movie. In 2012, she wrote the song 'Fire in the Water' exclusively for the film.
The song was played when Edward and Bella are intimate in their cottage, and has been well received by critics. Her song 'The Water' was covered on American jazz violinist 's 2012 album Almost Never Was. In January 2013, it was announced Feist would headline, along with labelmate, the Arts & Crafts Field Trip Music Festival to commemorate the tenth anniversary of.
Look at What the Light Did Now (2013–present) In September 2010, Feist announced through her website the release of a documentary film about the creative process of making of The Reminder, called. It was directed by Canadian film director Anthony Seck and was shot on. The film was released on DVD in December 2010, and a limited series of screenings were conducted including a Toronto screening at the Royal Ontario Museum, which featured a post-film interview of Feist.
The film focuses on the recording of The Reminder as well as the development of the tour through puppetry and projection. The film includes interviews with band member; producer; Broken Social Scene bandmates and; and video director.
Bonus materials on the DVD include 'This One Jam', an early performance of Feist with Gonzales at Trash Club; live performances from the Reminder tour; and two short films: 'The Water' starring Feist and 'Departures' starring Kevin Drew and based on an idea by Feist. A CD is also included that contains the documentary soundtrack (tracks from The Reminder re-interpreted and performed by Gonzales), live performances by Feist, as well as two versions of the title track, 'Look at What the Light Did Now', one of which was recorded as a duet with the song's writer, American musician.
In April 2017, Feist released, preceding it with the release of the title track 'Pleasure' as a single in March 2017. On April 27, 2017 she introduced the album (a day ahead of its release) at Trinity St.
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On a recent, rather warm August evening, that notion and more got passed around as I met the acclaimed Canadian singer/songwriter at a cozy antique hotel in the East Village. Sitting in the courtyard which, surprisingly, drowned out the city noise, I found her to be as authentic as the words she puts to music. Within minutes of meeting me, Feist apologized for being a little late for the interview. She was running a few errands since she just landed in New York and admittedly, she was jet lagged.
Even so, Leslie Feist, dressed in a loose white shirt and jeans, was bright-eyed and game to discuss her current mindset and music - both of which are centered these days on Metals, her fourth full-length album which drops Oct. Throughout the course of our 30-minute interview, the mood remained light as the subject matter got deeper and deeper, thanks to intentionally bad jokes and cornball comments on my end (her new album is not a Transformers concept album) and the well-intentioned grief she gave me on her end. 'You can say that's a joke your dad would make, but you're saying it,' she noted after one dopey comment I made. 'All you're doing is contextualizing them as your dad's jokes, but you're still making them. You're going to stop contextualizing them in like ten years.
I do the mom bike helmet warning and some day I'm going to forget that my mom told me that.' Seeming a bit torn on how to explain her emotions through it all, she said, 'I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but it was just an unlikely place to end up. I wasn't a watcher of SNL or Letterman.
I watched Colbert, and millennia ago, I watched Sesame Street but those things were never really in my awareness. Of course it was amazing but it doesn't change what I'm up to. I play shows and sometimes shows are available to be played to that audience. It was like being invited to some secret club and you go right in the center of the enclave, do something of weight there, and then you leave.' Expanding on that thought, she said, 'It's all something that's super unlikely but dazzling when it happens.
Like right now. I read the Huffington Post.
This is on another level. I can't believe this is now what I'll read. There's always a bit of a flip side of trying to understand.
It's like being a kid sitting right in front of the TV knocking on it, and saying 'how did stuff get in there?' Eventually, you see behind the scenes of what got in there. It's not where you're supposed to aim for, though.' Continuing that point, she said, 'These things will cycle back to your life.
Inevitably a lot of these things are just going to happen over and over so each time, you have to figure out when you reach a fork in road, which way did I go last time? Which way do I go this time? Do I want to make the same mistake, be stuck, and be a broken record? There have been times I've planted stuff in songs where four years later I'll be singing it from a subconscious, kind of chameleon little lizard mind. And at a certain moment, all of a sudden, I'll hear a line from a different vantage point and it'll change its meaning. It's something I wrote but it changed because I did.