So I’m pretty late to the game on this one but this CD is awesome.  Music critics, who I rarely agree with, having been raving about Feist since her single “1234″ was used in an iPod Nano commercial (maybe even before that).  I heard the first single and was definitely a fan, but I didn’t get a full introduction until my friend Dave, who listens to a ton of bands that most people have never heard of let me borrow this CD. (I think Dave is trying to get me to have some decent taste in music)

So hear is where I feel like I’m going to fail as a music critic.  I have a very hard time explaining exactly why I like this album so much.  The album as a whole is sort of a eclectic mix of folky, poppy, funk covered in a blanket of Indie.  Cris says she reminds her a bit of Jonie Mitchell.  One thing I definitely like is that the music is different from most things you hear these days, but is still accessible.  Sometimes you get artists who get a ton of critical acclaim, but the music is just too out there for many people to really relate to.  I feel that hurdle with Feist.

Another thing that I really appreciate is the variety that you get the in tone and mood of all of the songs on the album.  While they are all quite different from each other in many ways, they all have an underlying thread that allows them to fit together comfortably on the same CD.  Without pushing my poor skills of description further here are videos of two of her songs that I think nicely show some of the interesting variety.

Honey Honey

How My Hear Behaves