At face value the lyrics of this song do not suggest purely happy emotions, but the manner in which Feist has set them shows that your circumstances can be what you make of them. I think we can all agree that we need a bit of unbridled joy right now.

But she resists giving in fully, revealing someone who understands how to ride out this kind of pain acknowledging it and experiencing it while letting sadness run its course.īut instead of “The Park”, I have chosen her song “1234” for this post, which bursts with joy. The hopeful longing and disappointment in these lyrics matched with a simple sing song melody makes for a deep melancholy.

It’s not him who comes across the sea to surprise you Not him who would know where in London to find you You thought that you saw him, but no you did not “The Park” is one of those songs that lingers again and again with the listener. Both albums move fluidly between intimate songs of longing and regret (“Lonely Lonely”, “Now at Last”, “So Sorry”, “The Park”) and joyously infectious pop numbers (“1234”, “I Feel it All”, “Mushaboom”, “Sealion”). In this respect, much of her work reminds one of the preferred subject of my other favorite Canadian singer-songwriter, Joni Mitchell. Released in 20, respectively, they both deal with the mixed emotions and emotional echos that exist after the end of a serious relationship. “I wondered what might be found if we excavate down into the themes underneath the details of our lives … the much deeper drivers that we’re all being carried along by.Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist Leslie Feist has 5 solo albums to her credit, of which my personal favorites are Let it Die and The Reminder. “I started to see we’re are all nose to the grindstone in our subjective experiences,” the musician said in a statement. In a video announcement, the musician revealed she underwent “something really tough” during the making of the album and decided to make a questionnaire to see if anyone else similarly experienced their “disorienting, difficult interior scaffoldings crumbling.” The questionnaire received an overwhelming number of responses from 63 countries-and thus the podcast and Feist’s storytelling endeavor was born.

Canadian singer-songwriter Feist has announced a storytelling podcast series focused on exploring self-reinvention and creativity, set to launch on July 9.Įach episode of Pleasure Studies will feature extraordinary people-some of whom include a time travel researcher, a transgender triathlete and an FBI undercover operative-telling stories as they connect to themes on her latest album, 2017’s Pleasure.

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