Emily Haines: James Shaw (trumpet, harmonium); Chris Seligman (French horn); Evan Cranley (trombone); Justin Peroff (drums).
Additional personnel: Lance Barrington (vocals).
A six-track follow-up to 2006's full-length KNIVES DON'T HAVE YOUR BACK, WHAT IS FREE TO A GOOD HOME? sounds more like a continuation of the album than a mere collection of leftovers. Recorded over the same sessions as the album and in the same format (Haines recorded her vocals and piano live in one take and then added other instruments to them), the five new songs are up to the high standards of the album, blending jazzy sensuality with Haines's low-key vocals and often dark lyrical stance. The EP features "Sprig," Haines's setting of a poem by her late father, Montreal jazz poet and Carla Bley collaborator Paul Haines, and a downtempo remix of the album's "Mostly Waving."
