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What Is Free To A Good Home?
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Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton Amazon.ca A companion
piece to Knives Don't Have Your Back, this EP consists of five new songs and a
remix. The mellow trumpets opening "Rowboat" signify that this is not the
detached new-wave-inspired rock of Metric or the sprawling experimentation of
Broken Social Scene. The album is largely Haines at a piano singing, with
varied (but subtle) accompaniment. This is welcome, given her clever
platitudes, enthralling voice, and sheer songwriting ability. As with Knives,
the album art is an homage one of her late father Paul Haines' collaborations
with Carla Bley (Tropic Appetites), and its title borrowed from his poem for
Robert Wyatt. The songs are not throwaways from the Knives session by any
means. "Bank" is reminiscent of Elliot Smith in its recording and in Haines'
quiet conviction, though she's more likely to drop a comic cultural reference:
"Just like Huey Lewis--I need a new drug that does what it should," she opines
as the band swings lightly. "Bottom of the World" is a brainy minor dirge,
rounded out with cello accompaniment. "Sprig," taking its lyrics from another
of dad's poems, is the requisite soundscape, draped with noise, but still
carrying the intimate, sorrowful feel that dominates the EP. A dub-styled
remix of Knives' "Mostly Waving" follows, and with its electronic dance floor-
ready beat ends the EP on a high note (and one more reminiscent of her output
with Metric). Haines' talent as a musician and lyricist is on full display
here, and it's a fine addition to her ever-growing oeuvre. --Jason Pac
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