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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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HankMulder wrote:
She is so much better here than Metric.
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JonathanCoker wrote:
like devastating sex
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shirtshirtshirt wrote:
fuck yourselves
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shirtshirtshirt wrote:
"I like to cum on my vinyl version of knives because of my soul and shit"
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shirtshirtshirt wrote:
This shoutbox is the exact same as 2007 you fucking losers
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Di_Alfa wrote:
the best and good luck
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withoutaspark wrote:
Finally got my hands on a physical copy of Knives Don't Have Your Back, so so so beautiful. Emily Haines is a flipping genius!
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dismantled47 wrote:
Love her music. So much. <3
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JoBoDo wrote:
I feel like all of knives don't have your back resonates with my very soul..
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lanoctem wrote:
VVV same thing..it's usually the only time I listen to her. so.damn.haunting.
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qorianisme wrote:
listening in the midnight... alone in my living room...
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KingHeff wrote:
lanquide: she should.
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comradeTrotsky wrote:
She's extremely talented and amazingly beautiful.
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SLIGHTLYevil wrote:
I know Metric is in the studio working on a new album, but I would actually prefer it if Miss Haines released another solo effort. Something tells me that's not gonna happen unless Metric goes on hiatus :/
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disneycomplex wrote:
There isn't a single note, a single line in these albums I don't love to death! [2]
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Agaguess wrote:
beautiful lyrics. beautiful everything
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bolton_trotter wrote:
Cut in half and also double is better than knives don't have your back imo. Although winning and crowd surf off a cliff are amazing!
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lainet wrote:
There isn't a single note, a single line in these albums I don't love to death!
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Lanquide wrote:
@HankMulder do not ever say that again. never.
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deerin- wrote:
i might be in love
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