Feist's, of course. Her album The Reminder is 50 minutes of pure distilled nostalgia, and I mean that in the best way possible. From the opening track in which she apologizes ("I'm sorry...two words I always think... after you're gone") to the very end track "This is How My Heart Behaves" you are allowed to bathe in the beauty of Leslie Feist's vocals, simplicity and elegance of the music and just general goodness of Canada's coolest ever musician. Also a member of Broken Social Scene and two-time Juno Award winner (for her previous album, Let It Die), Feist has toured with Peaches and done gorgeous guest vocals for the Kings of Convenience. The Reminder is certainly her most mature album to date, it's gentle and cuddly but never falls flat. It seems light and effortless, and the modest arrangements always let Feist's voice ease the song the way she wants it to go. While brilliant the whole way through, The Reminder really gets going with a Nina Simone cover; "Sea Lion Woman," followed by the highly Broken Social Scene-like "Past in Present," really gets the album going. Possibly the most purely FUN song on the album, "One Two Three Four" is three minutes of "teenage hopes," enough to inspire a rather adorable dance video. My personal favorite, "The Limit to Your Love" is a slow, hauntingly lovely ballad proving that Feist loves you more than you love her. As if that was possible.
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