At last, Leslie Feist is ready to release a new album.

According to Exclaim, the long-awaited follow-up to 2011’s Metals is entitled, Pleasure, and will see release on April 28th through Interscope Records.



Spanning 11 tracks, the album is described as “an exploration into emotional limits,” encapsulating “loneliness, private ritual, secrets, shame, mounting pressures, disconnect, tenderness, rejection, care and the lack thereof.”

Update – March 16th: Feist has shared an Instagram video featuring a snippet of new music.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRtkysLglqy/?taken-by=feistmusic

Update – March 14th: Over a series of tweets, Feist has shared the album’s artwork and also discussed the meaning of the album’s title.

Much to my surprise, I woke up this morning to see the word is out for

????P l e a s u r e???? pic.twitter.com/mGKMNfTcZb — Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017

But as Leonard Cohen once said "the devil laughs at those who make plans." — Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017

I've been so inward facing during the making of this record that I hadn't quite prepared myself to face it, and myself, outward again. — Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017

So here's what I can tell you….

I made this record last winter with 2 of my closest friends, Mocky and Renaud LeTang. — Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017

I was raw and so were the takes. — Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017

Our desire was to record that state without guile or go-to's and to pin the songs down with conviction and our straight up human bodies. — Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017

I titled the album Pleasure like I was planting a seed or prophecising some brightness. — Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017

The experience of pleasure is mild or deep, sometimes temporal, sometimes a sort of low grade lasting, usually a motivator. — Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017

If the way you look at things is how they look then my motivation is to look with a brighter eye. — Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017

So there it is, in a nutshell. I'm grateful for your curiosity, the music is en route. Best and soon, Leslie ???? — Feist (@FeistMusic) March 14, 2017

Pleasure Tracklist:

01. Pleasure

02. I Wish I Didn’t Miss You

03. Get Not High, Get Not Low

04. Lost Dreams

05. Any Party

06. A Man Is Not His Song

07. The Wind

08. Century

09. Baby Be Simple

10. I’m Not Running Away

11. Young Up

In support of the album, Feist has confirmed her first live appearances since 2015. She’ll play a number of festivals this summer, including Justin Vernon’s Eaux Claires Festival, Toronto’s Field Trip Festival, and Oya Festival in Oslo, Norway. See her current itinerary below:

Feist 2017 Tour Dates:

06/03-04 – Toronto, ON @ Field Trip Festival

06/17 – Eau Claire, WI @ Eaux Claires Festival

07/06 – Winnipeg, MB @ Winnipeg Folk Fest

07/20-22 – Wiesen, AT @ Out of the Woods Fesitval

08/04-06 – Katowice, PL @ OFF Festival

08/08-12 – Oslo, NO @ Oya Festival

08/10-12 – Gotenburg, SE @ Way Out West Festival