Album Review: Feist - Pleasure

Pleasure is like that surly friend of a friend you know, not immediately likeable but if you're patient you'll find there's plenty going on beneath the surface.

After six years of near-total silence, Leslie Feist's return comes in the form of a harsh, stripped down album. With no obvious radio fodder, Pleasure won't appeal to everyone. But Feist's committed performance on these patently personal musings, often with no other accompaniment than a sparsely struck acoustic guitar and a distant snare drum, will make connections and pull at the heart strings in curious and unusual ways.