Roberts when he used to work at MuchMusic in the ’80s, there’s nothing about Monarch that’s embarrassing, weird or a blot on Feist’s name. Which is all quite strange because unlike Alanis Morissette’s early teenie-bop dance career, or footage of J.D. “It was as if that record didn’t exist in her mind.”įeist never plays songs from the album live and, in a move that’s quite at odds with the mandate of her present label Arts & Crafts, who are bullish on re-releasing the back catalogues of their artists, Monarch remains out of print. She said, ‘No I don’t want it done any more.’
There was some interest from Outside Music and they said they had 800-900 back orders on it, so I went to Leslie and she refused to allow me to print any more. “I’m not sure when it was, but it was long before the second record came out. “She doesn’t want people to know she did the record,” says Chris Burland, one of the partners in the defunct indie label Bobby Dazzler Records, which printed and sold 500 copies of Monarch in 2000 to supplement sales Feist made “off the stage” at solo shows. Feist isn’t really helping change that perception. And because of its limited pressing, it’s not exactly filling up used bins like old Treble Charger and Moist CDs, either. It’s not on iTunes and you can’t buy it in stores. At the moment of writing this, there exist five copies available for purchase from used CD vendors at prices ranging from $79.99 to $231.08. If the resellers at are any indication, that distinction goes to Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down), Leslie Feist’s first album, which she released in 1999. The 12 new songs on Metals are not be the most sought-after item for subjects of Canada’s undisputed indie rock queen, however. Feist’s fourth proper album, Metals, comes out today, rightfully cementing her place alongside Joni, Celine, Shania and Sarah in a lineage of singularly recognizable, internationally lauded Canadian songbirds.
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