Feisty

Leslie Feist’s long-anticipated “Metals” slips in with a vengeance, as Canadian singer-songwriter sets her scene with a bellowing tour de force called “The Bad In Each Other.”

The new album retains the same melancholy tone we keep so dear to the band but kicks a little more this time.

Her last two albums reigned with very separate successes, as Feist fans are typically either “Let It Die” people, or “The Reminder” all the way.

You’ll be happy to know “Metals” brought the best of both pasts, kicking straight into wrenching, lonely ballads like “Graveyard” and pushing through to lion-like piano beatings in “A Commotion.”

Yes, “Metals” is two worlds happily met after a prolonged, Canadian nature hiatus.

Although Feist is best at being profoundly sad, fairy-like chimes and tambourines add a distinct magic we’ve not yet heard.

While the album simply can’t be my favorite, I felt moved on many occasions to happily weep to this immeasurable comeback.