FEIST’S NEW ALBUM, MULTITUDES, SET FOR APRIL 14 RELEASE
NEW MATERIAL UNVEILED TONIGHT IN VALENTINE’S DAY MINI CONCERT
THREE SINGLES RELEASED TODAY – “HIDING OUT IN THE OPEN,” “IN LIGHTNING” AND “LOVE WHO WE ARE MEANT TO”
February 14, 2023 (Santa Monica, CA)— Feist will release Multitudes – the 11-time Juno Award winning artist’s sixth full-length album and first release since 2017’s critically acclaimed Pleasure – on April 14 via Interscope Records. Multitudes took shape soon after the birth of Feist’s daughter and the sudden death of her father. Amid meditations on mortality, connection and the frenetic state of the human condition, Multitudes ultimately radiates an ineffable sense of hope. See below for track listing.
“The last few years were such a period of confrontation for me, and it feels like it was at least to some degree for everyone. We confronted ourselves as much as our relationships confronted us. It felt like our relational ecosystems were clearer than ever and so whatever was normally obscured- like a certain way of avoiding conflict or a certain way of talking around the subject- were all of a sudden thrust into the light. And in all that reassessment, the chance to find footing on healthier, more honest ground became possible, and the effort to maintain avoidance actually felt like it took more effort than just handing ourselves over to the truth.”
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Feist will debut several of her new songs in a live performance tonight. Tune in to the mini concert at 7:00 PM ET/7:00 PM PT HERE. She guests on Apple Music 1’s “The Zane Lowe Show” this morning and appears on the cover of “New Music Daily.”
The album’s first three singles, released simultaneously today as the Multitudes pre-order launched, hint at the album’s breadth. “Hiding Out In The Open” has the straightforward, open-hearted cadence of a campfire singalong. Feist’s hypnotically layered vocals sing in the round, reminding us “Love is not a thing you try to do/It wants to be the thing compelling you/To be you.” Listen to “Hiding Out In The Open” HERE.
By contrast, “In Lightning” thunders with clattering percussion, explosive guitar and brightly fluttering strings (courtesy of string arranger Miguel Atwood-Ferguson), as Feist challenges listeners to shut out the modern world’s incessant buzz and dare to look inside themselves. Listen HERE.
With its cascading pattern of solo nylon string guitar against lush orchestral swells, “Love Who We Are Meant To” is far more fragile in delivery but no less powerful in impact as Feist reflects, “We will struggle with the truth/That sometimes we don’t get to/Love who we are meant to.” Listen HERE.
Multitudes’ 12 songs were largely written during an intensely communal 2021-2022 tour of the same name, hailed as a “work of genius” by the Toronto Star. After the tour, which she co-designed with Rob Sinclair, Feist headed to Northern California’s Redwood Forest where she produced the album alongside Robbie Lackritz (Peach Pit, The Weather Station, Bahamas, Jack Johnson, Robbie Robertson) and Mocky (Jamie Lidell, Vulfpeck, Kelela), who had partnered with her on 2011’s Metals. Lackritz and engineer Michael Harris (Haim, Lana Del Rey, Vampire Weekend) built a studio and recording commenced with multi-instrumentalists Gabe Noel (Kendrick Lamar, Harry Styles, Kamasi Washington), Shahzad Ismaily (Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Tom Waits), and Feist’s regular cast, who had toured Multitudes with her – Todd Dahlhoff (woodwinds, synths, bass) and Amir Yaghmai (strings, guitars).
A supreme setting for her enchanting voice and all its manifestations, the album unfolds with a near-symphonic grandeur despite its moments of absolute starkness. Multitudes affirms Feist’s ability to construct elaborate sonic worlds by following her singular songwriting to its most poetic yet unbridled expression.
About Feist
Leslie Feist is an 11-time Juno Award-winning solo artist and founding member of Broken Social Scene. Born in Nova Scotia but mostly raised in Calgary, she first explored her idiosyncratic musicality by playing in a local punk band as a teen and made her recording debut with the 1999 independent release Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down). Following the breakout success of her sophomore album, Let It Die, she went on to achieve international acclaim with 2007’s Gold-certified The Reminder, which won the 2007 Shortlist Music Prize and earned four GRAMMY® Award nominations. The Reminder delivered one of the most indelible songs of the 2000s – “1234,” a Billboard Hot 100-charting hit. 2011’s Metals was hailed as the album of the year by The New York Times’ Jon Pareles and won the 2012 Polaris Music Prize. In 2017, Feist released the critically acclaimed Pleasure, accompanied by the storytelling podcast series “Pleasure Studies,” which was named "Podcast of the Year" by Apple Podcasts.
Track Listing – Multitudes
- In Lightning
- Forever Before
- Love Who We Are Meant To
- Hiding Out In The Open
- The Redwing
- I Took All Of My Rings Off
- Of Womankind
- Become The Earth
- Borrow Trouble
- Martyr Moves
- Calling All The Gods
- Song For Sad Friends
(Photo Credit: Sara Melvin & Colby Richardson)
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