Vocalist/keyboardist/songwriter Emily Haines rose to fame in the early part of the new millennium as frontwoman of the Toronto-based indie dance-rock band Metric and as a vital part of the Broken Social Scene collective. After the release of the first two Metric albums, Haines had built up a backlog of songs she deemed too un-Metric for the band to record; more subdued and piano-centric. With the help of a small cadre of collaborators including Scott Minor of Sparklehorse, Justin Peroff of Broken Social Scene, Evan Cranley of Stars, and James Shaw of Metric, Haines recorded an...