This week, details of Feist's new album were revealed, surprising everyone — including Feist herself.
The beloved Canadian songwriter is gearing up to release Pleasure, her first album since 2011's Metals. Details of the release began swirling yesterday, and then Feist herself stepped in to clarify.
"Much to my surprise, I woke up this morning to see the word is out for Pleasure," she wrote on Twitter (see below). "But as Leonard Cohen once said 'the devil laughs at those who make plans.'
"I've been so inward facing during the making of this record that I hadn't quite prepared myself to face it, and myself, outward again."
Feist went on to explain that she created the album last winter with two of her closest friends, Mocky and Renaud LeTang. She says that she was "raw" and so was the music, which was a mood they aimed to capture.
The title, however, hints at something far less jagged. "I titled the album Pleasure like I was planting a seed or prophecising some brightness," she wrote. "The experience of pleasure is mild or deep, sometimes temporal, sometimes a sort of low grade lasting, usually a motivator. If the way you look at things is how they look then my motivation is to look with a brighter eye."
Pleasure is scheduled for release April 28. To hold you over, here is a Feist mini-playlist:
Much to my surprise, I woke up this morning to see the word is out for
— Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017
🌸P l e a s u r e🌸 pic.twitter.com/mGKMNfTcZb
But as Leonard Cohen once said "the devil laughs at those who make plans."
— Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017
I've been so inward facing during the making of this record that I hadn't quite prepared myself to face it, and myself, outward again.
— Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017
So here's what I can tell you....
— Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017
I made this record last winter with 2 of my closest friends, Mocky and Renaud LeTang.
I was raw and so were the takes.
— Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017
Our desire was to record that state without guile or go-to's and to pin the songs down with conviction and our straight up human bodies.
— Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017
I titled the album Pleasure like I was planting a seed or prophecising some brightness.
— Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017
The experience of pleasure is mild or deep, sometimes temporal, sometimes a sort of low grade lasting, usually a motivator.
— Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017
If the way you look at things is how they look then my motivation is to look with a brighter eye.
— Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017
So there it is, in a nutshell. I'm grateful for your curiosity, the music is en route. Best and soon, Leslie 🌺
— Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017