April 14, 2023

Polydor

1xLP (Black and Indie Exclusive Clear Vinyl)

A return from Feist is always welcome. It's been five years since the release of Pleasure, and in that time Canada's best songwriter suffered the loss of her father, the birth of her adopted daughter, a highly publicized tour fallout, and a European residency where she worked on Multitudes in real-time. The result is her coziest album to date, though not necessarily one that rests on her laurels. Pleasure made use of more engineering tricks than the relatively traditional singing-songwriting of Metals and The Reminder. In fact, if anything, spots on Multitudes pair Let It Die's mild-funk fusions with her continually maturing songwriting. It's an incredibly personal, vulnerable album that never feels week. There's strength in subtly, and Feist recognizes this better than anyone. It's one of the core reasons that 20 years into her solo career, there's only a small handful of artists who can dare say they have written a song half as great as her worst.