Feist - The Reminder

Leslie Feist begins her third album with a melodic steal from Beth Gibbons set in a Corinne Bailey Rae groove. Track by track, it has the sound of something recycled through the years, something you have heard repeatedly and can never escape. From Edie Brickell to Cat Power, there will always be a somewhat quirky, somewhat sappy, somewhat cute, somewhat literate young woman with a lot of musicians circling her like the wolves around Lyceia. The Reminder is full of decent songs tastefully arranged with well-played licks, but it never rises above the factory issue. Nevertheless, it does fill the need for a new voice that is more familiar than new. A pleasant album that will have a lot of meaning for certain of its listeners, even if they will soon outgrow it. [www.myspace.com]