Amy Millan
Masters of the Burial - Arts + Crafts
FILTER Grade: 79%

Known to some as “the girl” from Stars and Broken Social Scene, Amy Millan is a torchlight beneath the multi-layered orchestral pop of her two bands. With a slow-burning voice that can send shivers, Millan has a knack for conveying tiny truths that can stop even the most hardhearted listener dead in her tracks. In 2006, Millan surprised everyone with a solo album, Honey from the Tombs—an alt-country departure from her indie rock roots that put her nicotine-stained vocals front and center. With the singer softly lamenting past mistakes and future heartaches, Masters of the Burial showcases a voice still haunted by longing and misunderstanding. Backed by friends Leslie Feist, Liam O’Neil (The Stills) and Evan Cranley (Stars), to name a few, Millan proves to be an intimate and arrow-like songwriter. Including tender renditions of fellow Canadian songstress Sarah Harmer’s “Old Perfume” and a countrified version of Death Cab for Cutie’s “I Will Follow You Into the Dark,” Masters of the Burial is a fire you can’t put out.