If you loved Feist’s breakout hit of a few years back, the jaunty “1234,” then you’ll love — or hate — her new album, “Metals,” which is basically an extended countdown to heartache.
Let’s just say that if any of this downcast music gets licensed by an ad agency, it’ll be for Abilify, not Apple.
But lest you get scared off prematurely, also be aware that “Metals” is probably the most gorgeous album you’ll hear in 2011.
More than on any of the Canadian singer/songwriter's previous three albums, Leslie Feist has alchemized her chamber pop into something so pretty, it hurts.