Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton is an indie rock solo project of Emily Hai… Read Full Bio ↴Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton is an indie rock solo project of Emily Haines (born January 1974 in New Delhi, India). She is the vocalist, keyboardist and co-songwriter of the Canadian band Metric and a member of the group Broken Social Scene. The music released as Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton could be described as intimate and mellow, featuring piano-driven tracks with string and horn arrangements.
On 26 September 2006, Haines released the album Knives Don't Have Your Back on Last Gang Records. The album was written and recorded in Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, and New York over the previous four years, and features contributors including Sparklehorse's Scott Minor, Broken Social Scene's Justin Peroff, Stars' Evan Cranley, and Metric's Jimmy Shaw.
Though it took Haines four years to complete the album, the singer says she'd been plotting this for years. "When I was a little kid," she said in a statement, "I would creep downstairs to the piano and write rudimentary songs about imaginary places. I'm told the first song I ever wrote was a love song to a cranberry tree. I always used the mute pedal. I hated the idea of anybody hearing me.
"Everywhere I've lived while working with Metric, I've written songs on the piano and played them for no one," she continued. "On the advice of a friend, I decided I'd better start recording them before they were forgotten."
Among those songs are a track that was written while Haines was studying electroacoustics in Montreal while some were recorded in Toronto, Canada in the winter of 2002, shortly after the death of Haines' father.
Official site: http://www.emilyhaines.com
On 26 September 2006, Haines released the album Knives Don't Have Your Back on Last Gang Records. The album was written and recorded in Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, and New York over the previous four years, and features contributors including Sparklehorse's Scott Minor, Broken Social Scene's Justin Peroff, Stars' Evan Cranley, and Metric's Jimmy Shaw.
Though it took Haines four years to complete the album, the singer says she'd been plotting this for years. "When I was a little kid," she said in a statement, "I would creep downstairs to the piano and write rudimentary songs about imaginary places. I'm told the first song I ever wrote was a love song to a cranberry tree. I always used the mute pedal. I hated the idea of anybody hearing me.
"Everywhere I've lived while working with Metric, I've written songs on the piano and played them for no one," she continued. "On the advice of a friend, I decided I'd better start recording them before they were forgotten."
Among those songs are a track that was written while Haines was studying electroacoustics in Montreal while some were recorded in Toronto, Canada in the winter of 2002, shortly after the death of Haines' father.
Official site: http://www.emilyhaines.com
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Choir of the Mind
Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton Lyrics
Choir of the Mind If I could go back, if I could reach that…
Fatal Gift Haven't we made Enough for a living wage? We accept the fata…
Irish Exit It ends an assassination It ends an assassination Or it does…
Legend of the Wild Horse Let me tell you 'bout the legend of the wild…
Minefield of Memory So unstable then you were born So unstable then you were…
Nihilist Abyss When I walk alone I'm walking with you When I sleep…
Perfect on the Surface This is (this is) This is The purpose of my life This is…
Planets Hours to spend, hours to burn Sleeping through the seasons O…
Siren From the grandstand to the island To the mainland white sand…
Statuette With a feather in your cap Another jewel in your crown Anoth…
Strangle All Romance Don't hang on so tightly You'll strangle all romance Seduce …
Wounded Every time I wear this dress I'm back to the way…
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Fatal Gift Haven't we made Enough for a living wage? We accept the fata…