portions for foxes presents:
EMMY THE GREAT
plus support
@ Newcastle, Cluny
September 19th
TICKETS:
Tickets from RPM Records, Beatdown Records, Cluny and here:
http://www.wegottickets.co
INFO:
Emmy the Great is both a solo and collaborative project. Based around the words and music of singer-songwriter Emma-Lee Moss, it developed sonically with Euan Hinshelwood, guitarist in East London's Younghusband. The two are often joined by a a collective of musicians including Tom Rogerson of Three Trapped Tigers, Jenny Lau of the Mules, Ric Hollingbery of Pengilly's and Younghusband members Pete Baker and Joe Chilton.
The band's second album, Virtue, will be released in 2011. Mixing themes from myths, fairy tales and saints' lives, using the voices of archetypal female protagonists, and mixing classical images with the modern industrial images that have replaced them, the album started out as a purely third person project, but took on a personal tinge when Emma got caught up in her fiance's sudden religious conversion and the break-up of their relationship. The album was recorded very quickly after the summer of her cancelled wedding, with chief bridesmaid Euan, and legendary producer Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, Grizzly Bear, These New Puritans).
CONTACT:
portions for foxes promo 'at' gmail dot com for hi res images
REVIEWS:
Mojo **** Uncut **** Financial Times **** Manchester Evening News ***** The Fly **** Telegraph ****
The Times **** Vice Magazine 8/10 Hi-fi News 9.4/10 Drowned in Sound 8/ 10
"Resigned but never accusatory, it makes for poignant reassurance that sometimes feeling utterly bewildered and lost is not only natural, but a strange and unmistakeable cause for optimism." - BBC
"One of the boldest young writers in pop today." - The Guardian
"Ambitious, thoughtful, outright feminist pop." - the Mirror (***)
"She's starting to develop a lyrical mysticism that's direct, human and fascinating." - The Arts Desk
"What folk music has been praying for" - Evening Standard
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