OPEN SEASON - FEIST
Less than a year after the U.S. release of her genre-defying chill-out gem “Let It Die,” Canadian singer/songwriter (Leslie) Feist offers a coda with remixes and alternate versions as well as three unreleased tracks. As VV, Mocky, k-os and others reshape her sparse beats and jazzy French-pop grooves, Feist’s slippery, ethereal voice only grows more distinctive. “Mushaboom” earns three dance remixes, including a trippy one by indietronic act the Postal Service, but like on “Let It Die,” the most captivating moments are those surrounded by stillness. Her cover of the Bee Gees’ “Love You Inside Out” is a disarming slo-mo waltz reduced to voice and guitar, while the previously unreleased “Snowlion” carefully blends romantic harps with spooky Portishead guitars. Even better, the outtake “Simple Story,” a duet with actress Jane Birkin, sounds like it could become the next James Bond theme song. Billboard
