Jolie Laide

Revered American singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia and Calgary artists Clinton St. John, Jeff MacLeod and Morgan Greenwood connected at famed producer Steve Albini’s studio two decades ago. The through-line on Creatures, their lush, sprawling new sophomore album is St. John and Nastasia’s conversational, layered duet, with her disarmingly sweet, world-weary and laser-sharp voice buffered by St. John's signature emotive tones. Powerfully poetic, often anthemic, narratives soar over Greenwood and MacLeod’s layered multi-instrumental wizardry.