Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton is the solo project of Emily Haines of the Canadian indie pop group Metric
September 26, 2006 Last Gang Records released Knives Do not Have Your Back, written and recorded in Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto and New York during the previous four years and features contributors including Sparklehorse Scott Minor Broken Social Scene's Justin Peroff Stars' Evan Cranley and Metric's Jimmy Shaw
Although it took Haines four years to complete the album, the singer says that she had been a highlight this year "When I was small, she said in a statement "I would creep down to the piano and write rudimentary songs about imaginary places I hear the first song I ever wrote was a love song tillett cranberry tree, I always addressturned mute pedal I hated the thought of someone listening to me
"Wherever I've lived while working with Metric, I've written songs on the piano and played them for no one" she continued "On the advice of a friend I decided I better start play them before they were forgotten "
among these songs is a song that was written while Haines studied electro-acoustics in Montreal while some have been found in Toronto in the winter of 2002 shortly after the death of Haines father According to the label the album is intimate and mellow featuring piano-driven tracks with string and horn arrangements
