With a new album filled with raw, nature-inspired tracks, there is no venue more appropriate for Feist’s return to the DC area than Bethesda’s wood-paneled Strathmore auditorium. Tickets to her May 9th show just went on sale this morning, but we have a chance for you to win a pair.
Perhaps best known for the über-catchy iPod ad “1234,” Leslie Feist quietly and unambiguously shows how much she has grown as a songwriter on her fourth studio album.
Metals distinguishes itself from her previous efforts through pared down, ephemeral songs. Recorded in Big Sur, the Canadian-American’s newest album wistfully evokes the picturesque vistas and waves of the California coast.
NME writes, “Feist’s increasingly substantial grasp of rumpled songwriting oomph fuses both into something removed from the flimsy ad-bound ephemera of yore.”
While there is no doubt that fans of 2007’s The Reminder will similarly appreciate Metals, this is also a more thoughtful effort. On the hauntingly beautiful “Graveyard,” Feist repeatedly implores, “Bring them all back to life,” with her vocals powerfully standing up against a relatively sparse musical backdrop. It feels like the most vulnerable—and in some ways, the most alive—song on the album.
Want to hear the power in action? For your chance to win a pair of tickets, tell us which long-gone musical virtuoso you would bring back to life.
I’m going with Nina Simone, ’cause we all need a little more soul in our lives.
The winner will be chosen on Tuesday (2/7) at noon.
