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Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton
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Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton is the solo project of Emily Haines of the Canadian indie pop group Metric.
On September 26 2006, Last Gang Records released Knives Don’t Have Your Back, which was written and recorded in Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, and New York over the previous four years, and features contributors including Sparklehorse’s Scott Minor, Broken Social Scene’s Justin Peroff, Stars’ Evan Cranley, and Metric’s Jimmy Shaw.
Though it took Haines four years to complete the album, the singer says she’d been plotting this for years. “When I was a little kid,” she said in a statement, “I would creep downstairs to the piano and write rudimentary songs about imaginary places. I’m told the first song I ever wrote was a love song to a cranberry tree. I always used the mute pedal. I hated the idea of anybody hearing me.
“Everywhere I’ve lived while working with Metric, I’ve written songs on the piano and played them for no one,” she continued. “On the advice of a friend, I decided I’d better start recording them before they were forgotten.”
Among those songs are a track that was written while Haines was studying electroacoustics in Montreal, while some were recorded in Toronto in the winter of 2002, shortly after the death of Haines’ father. According to the label, the album is intimate and mellow, featuring piano-driven tracks with string and horn arrangements.
On September 26 2006, Last Gang Records released Knives Don’t Have Your Back, which was written and recorded in Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, and New York over the previous four years, and features contributors including Sparklehorse’s Scott Minor, Broken Social Scene’s Justin Peroff, Stars’ Evan Cranley, and Metric’s Jimmy Shaw.
Though it took Haines four years to complete the album, the singer says she’d been plotting this for years. “When I was a little kid,” she said in a statement, “I would creep downstairs to the piano and write rudimentary songs about imaginary places. I’m told the first song I ever wrote was a love song to a cranberry tree. I always used the mute pedal. I hated the idea of anybody hearing me.
“Everywhere I’ve lived while working with Metric, I’ve written songs on the piano and played them for no one,” she continued. “On the advice of a friend, I decided I’d better start recording them before they were forgotten.”
Among those songs are a track that was written while Haines was studying electroacoustics in Montreal, while some were recorded in Toronto in the winter of 2002, shortly after the death of Haines’ father. According to the label, the album is intimate and mellow, featuring piano-driven tracks with string and horn arrangements.
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Our Hell
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Doctor Blind
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Crowd Surf Off A Cliff
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Nothing & Nowhere
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The Lottery
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The Maid Needs A Maid
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Reading In Bed
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Winning
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Mostly Waving
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Detective Daughter
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The Last Page
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Rowboat
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Telethon
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Bottom Of The World
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The Bank
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Shoutbox
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psnow_k wrote:
KB: In terms of a solo album, will there be another release sometime down the road? Emily Haines: Yeah, happily there are lots of songs and ideas floating around right now. It’s just a matter of making everything fit and not feeling fractured. Timing is everything. http://www.killahbeez.com/2009/06/21/interview-emily-haines-of-metric/
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flctyjnclff wrote:
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godlikePaul wrote:
"if anyone has the chance to find it or listen to it. her first solo album cut im half and also double is amazing" I know I'm stretching pretty far down the shoutbox, but... the man speaks the truth.
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bubble-icious wrote:
that sounds awesome not gay
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Ghost25 wrote:
AS GAY AS IT SOUNDS.. I'd love for emily hanies to sing me to sleep
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antonoowka wrote:
she sounds like Lykke Li and Norah Jones mixed together.
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crashtestcassie wrote:
Emily is one of the most talented women on the planet. I've idolized her since I was thirteen years old. <3
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movie_star_baby wrote:
Happy Birthday, Emily! <3
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misael_misael wrote:
knives is perfect, so sad we wont have a new soft skeleton album in a long long time.
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Eduardo1990 wrote:
V not cool
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vynce wrote:
Who is the Indie Girl of 2009? Vote for Emily Haynes! http://ihniwyata.blogspot.com/2010/01/indie-girl-of-2009.html
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Aquarius121 wrote:
I know I've already shouted but I can't believe I haven't heard of her before. I just now got into Metric after hearing "Help I'm Alive" on the radio. But this is even better :) I love "Crowd Surf Off a Cliff."
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love_and_caring wrote:
doctor blind just prescribed the red ones...
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ralfsu wrote:
MORE EVERYTHING!
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Aquarius121 wrote:
God Emily Haines is amazzzzing :)
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vikingjess wrote:
Her solo stuff is badass!
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J-a-m-e-s_R wrote:
if anyone has the chance to find it or listen to it. her first solo album cut im half and also double is amazing
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dv_mn wrote:
awesome...
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Genresurfer wrote:
More of this, less Metric. [6]
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