Knives Don't Have Your Back (Album Released 4th June)

Drowned In Sound RecordsEmily Haines, front-woman for Metric and Broken Social Scene, releases her debut solo album with her band The Soft Skeleton, Knives Don’t Have Your Back through Drowned In Sound on Monday June 4th.A single, Doctor Blind, will be released on digital download two weeks earlier on May 21st.Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton have announced five shows in May and June, including a performance at the Homefires Festival, at the Conway Hall in Holborn, on Sunday 3rd June. The dates are:

May
Weds 30 Glasgow Oran Mor £8.00 0141 357 6200
Thu 31 Manchester Late Room £8.00 0161 833 3000
June
Fri 01 Birmingham Glee Club £8.00 0870 241 5093
Sat 02 London Bush Hall £10.00 0870 400 0688
Sun 03 London Homefires £22.00 www.ticketweb.co.uk
Written and recorded in Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto and New York (where she once lived with Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s), Knives Don’t have your Back sites contributions from the likes of Scott Minor from Sparklehorse, Broken Social Scene’s Justin Peroff, Stars’ Evan Cranley and Metric’s Jimmy Shaw.

A distinct contrast from Metric’s bold, danceable sound, Knives Don’t Have Your Back is an intimate and subtle collection of mellow, piano-driven tunes complimented by soft string and horn arrangements, which have drawn comparisons with Elliot Smith and Cat Power.

Each song on the album holds a personal story from Haines’ life over the past decade. One track, for instance, is an homage to childhood heroes Carla Bley and Robert Wyatt. Several songs, including Reading In Bed and Mostly Waving were recorded in Toronto during the winter of 2002, while Haines was mourning the sudden loss of her father Paul Haines. Paul was a poet, essayist and lyricist on Carla Bley’s revered, experimental jazz recording, 1968’s ‘Escalator Over The Hill.’

The album was produced by John O’Mahony (Metric, The Strokes, System of a Down) and Emily Haines.

Toronto based Metric have released two albums, both of which have achieved Gold status in Canada: - 2003’s Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? and Live It Out (September 2005).Emily Haines