"Love is hell, hell is love, hell is asking to be loved."
I first fell for the sound of Emily Haines' voice through her contributions to the always excellent Broken Social Scene collective (particularly the fantastic "Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl"), but over the past year or so I've really gotten in to her other work. Metric, her main band, has released two really solid albums of danceable rock full of major hooks; but its her 2006 solo album that has set my heart aflutter recently. This is a more stripped down, but no less captivating, piano-driven affair that is sprinkled with horns, strings, and Emily's beautiful voice. Check out the sample below, as well as a track from the most recent Metric disc. (Click here to buy Knives Don't Have Your Back)
Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - "Detective Daughter"
Metric - "Monster Hospital"
Oh yeah, look for my year-end lists to begin appearing within the next couple days.
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