You may remember the thirty-five-year-old Canadian from 2007, when her hit ‘1234’ dominated the radio, featured in the Apple iPod nano advert, and sold thousands of copies. Feist recently, however, put aside her somewhat naff, happy-clappy pop presence, the flashmob-inspired videos, and the rainbow coloured outfits. Entirely reinvented, Feist returns, and she’s better than ever. With equally contrived vocals, unnerving facial expressions, and nutty videos, her individuality has by no means been dampened, but this time round her repetitive pop pieces have been replaced by a somewhat darker vibe. With titles such as ‘Graveyard’, ‘The Bad in Each Other’ featuring on her album ‘Metals’, we may wonder what has caused this change of tune. Or we may, on the other hand, just lap up the results. Despite the creepy floor length wig she waves around in the video, ‘How Come you Never Go There’, which was published on Youtube this November, really is incredible. Feist’s quirky vocals are supported by a mass of instrumental and choral backing, brassy acoustics and, of course, the artist’s overwhelming stage presence. Her performance of this track on Later with Jools Holland, earlier this year is really worth a watch. As I’ve said before, her twitchy face is annoying, but so is Lana Del Ray’s pout, and we still love her, right?
Discover Feist: Lastfm // Myspace
By Hatty Farnham
Dance Yrself Clean
