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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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LNB613 wrote:
More of this, less Metric. [4]
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triangle_walks wrote:
More of this, less Metric. [3] I love her sound. It's so soothing
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kyrie_diego wrote:
More of this, less Metric. [2]
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autobotnate wrote:
Truly the best. Music to help us come to terms with death
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trackaghost wrote:
I had forgotten how good this album is. Definitely more of this and less of Metric, I agree. They are a good band but solo she's sublime.
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JonathanCoker wrote:
More of this, less Metric.
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blackitolism wrote:
i prefer this stripped down sound as opposed to metric...
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flctyjnclff wrote:
♥.
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DDRmaitre wrote:
Emily Haines is so talented! :D
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movie_star_baby wrote:
I do the same thing EleAndWhoseAmy! It's almost embarrasing...but I just can't help myself. I NEED to listen to her! =)
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EleAndWhoseArmy wrote:
I listen to "Knives" everyday, once or more, even in the most shameful hours of the night. It's like a physiological need =/
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movie_star_baby wrote:
God she's talented! Love her so much, she truly is inspiring. I'm in love with Nothing and Nowhere right now...what an amazing song that is. =)
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Chasm_91 wrote:
i do appreciate her so much, she is such an inspiration
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Maximko wrote:
true, so true
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indie-cool wrote:
fucking goddess
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ARGBDude wrote:
i'm going to marry her one day :-/
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indie-cool wrote:
Me too.
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comencenala wrote:
Me too.
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zacxriot wrote:
I'm going to meet her one day.
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Tomokology wrote:
Her father was a poet, and I don't know if because of it or not, her lyrics are very unique. Her voice is also unique, and I think it fits piano sound more than rock sound of Metric.
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