Emily Haines
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| Emily Haines | |
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 Emily Haines performing in 2007
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| Background information | |
| Born | New Delhi, India - 1974 |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Indie |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Label(s) | Last Gang, Drowned in Sound |
| Associated acts | Metric Broken Social Scene Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton |
| Website | www.emilyhaines.com |
Emily Haines (born c. 1974[1] in New Delhi, India) is a member of the bands Metric, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton and Broken Social Scene.
She has contributed backing vocals to albums by other Broken Social Scene members, such as Jason Collett and Kevin Drew.
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[edit] Biography
Emily is the daughter of Canadian poet Paul Haines and sister of Canadian television journalist Avery Haines. Her brother is Tim Haines, owner of Bluestreak Records in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. She was born in New Delhi, India, and raised in Canada. After settling in Peterborough at the age of three, she grew up in a house rich with experimental art and musical expression. Paul would often make cassettes of rare and eclectic music for his daughter to listen to and her early influences included Carla Bley, Robert Wyatt, and later PJ Harvey. By her teens she followed her parents' footsteps by attending the Etobicoke School of the Arts. There she met Amy Millan and Kevin Drew, with whom she would later collaborate in songs for Broken Social Scene and Stars.
Haines and Millan briefly formed their first band around 1990 while at ESA, and with songs later written and recorded while at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 1992–1993, at Toronto in 1995, and at Concordia University in Montreal in 1995–1996, Haines distributed in 1996 an early effort with a limited number of copies.
Haines also has a solo career, and has released three albums, Cut in Half and Also Double , Knives Don't Have Your Back and What Is Free to a Good Home? . She occasionally plays a limited number of solo shows, often with Amy Millan as the opener. Haines' act consisted of just herself (occasionally blindfolded), and a piano.
Although produced and recorded before their official debut album, her band Metric's most recent album is entitled Grow Up and Blow Away.
She released an EP under the name Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton entitled What Is Free to a Good Home?. It was released by Last Gang Records in the US and the UK on July 24, 2007. A sample of a song from the album, "Rowboat", was released by Pitchfork Media online.
Haines also appeared in the 2004 drama film Clean. She and her band, Metric, appearing as themselves, performed their song "Dead Disco" and then went backstage for a small speaking role.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Solo
[edit] Albums
- Cut in Half and Also Double (1996)
- Knives Don't Have Your Back (2006, #28 in Canada)
[edit] EPs
- What Is Free to a Good Home? (2007)
[edit] Metric
[edit] Albums
- Grow Up and Blow Away (recorded 2002, released 2007)
- Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003)
- Live It Out (2005)
[edit] EPs
- Mainstream EP (1998)
- Static Anonymity EP (2001)
- Live from Metropolis EP (2007)
[edit] DVDs
- Live from Metropolis (2008)
[edit] Singles
[edit] Guest appearances
The following songs are credited with Emily Haines on either lead or backing vocals.
- Broken Social Scene – "Looks Just Like the Sun", "Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl", "Backyards", "Her Disappearing Theme", "Swimmers"
- Delerium – "Stopwatch Hearts"
- Jason Collett – "Fire", "Hangover Days" (Emily is actually in the video edit of the song "fire". The album version credits the female backing vocals to Amy Millan)
- KC Accidental – "Them (Pop Song #3333)"
- MSTRKRFT - "She's Good For Business"
- Stars – "Going, Going, Gone", "On Peak Hill", "Romantic Comedy", "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead"
- The Stills – "Baby Blues"
- Clean Original Soundtrack – "Dead Disco" (Metric)
Haines made a cameo appearance on the k-os music video, "Man I Used to Be".[2] She can also be seen on The Stills music video for "Love and Death" playing a secretary.
[edit] References
- ^ Righi, Len. "Metric's Emily Haines cuts a new swath with solo disc", The Morning Call (Allentown), PopWire, 9 January 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-25. Indicates age 32 just prior to her 4 January 2007 tour date in Montreal.[1].
- ^ Richards, Jason. "NXNE: Just "be."", NOW, 10 June 2005. Retrieved on 2007-11-25. Direct link had access problem as of 25 November 2007.
[edit] Filmography
- Clean (2004, as herself)
[edit] External links
- Emily Haines official website
- Metric official website
- Emily Haines at MySpace
