Canadian singer/songwriter Leslie Feist first gained prominence working with the Montreal shock-rapper Peaches and later the Toronto-based collective Broken Social Scene, but with the release of 2004's masterful Let It Die, she embarked on a solo career that quickly eclipsed her previous work. After the remix album Open Season, the true follow-up, 2007's The Reminder, deepens and solidifies the strengths of her solo debut. Combining jazzy torch songs with acoustic, folkish ballads, The Reminder is as quietly powerful as her Broken Social Scene bandmate Emily Haines' equally subdued solo debut, Knives Don't Have Your Back, but with a jazzy edge that recalls Nina Simone on tunes like "Sea Lion" (a standard also recorded by Simone) and the lush single "My Moon, My Man." ~ Charity Stafford|
Rovi
デビュー作が世界中で大ヒットした彼女のニュー・アルバム。前作に引き続きゴンザレスとルノー・ルタンをプロデューサーに迎えているほか、旧友のモッキーもゲストに召集。モダンでクラシカルなこれまでの印象はそのままに、交流の深いブロークン・ソーシャル・シーンの作品にも似たバンド・サウンドや、声とハンドクラップだけで組み立てた斬新な楽曲も披露しています。ロマンティックな気持ちを味わえる、至福の一枚。
bounce (C)竹内 幹代
タワーレコード(2007年05月号掲載 (P85))