EMA

Still Corners and Indians

Past event

Tuesday 15 May 2012

May 15

Scala

275 Pentonville Road
London N1 9NL
United Kingdom
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Tel: +44.(0)20.7833 2022
Web: www.scala-london.co.uk

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EMA

Fans of guitar noise will have crossed paths with EMA as the scorching guitarist in legendary folk/noise outfit Amps For Christ before forming the genre-defying cult duo Gowns with Ezra Buchla … , which Pitchfork called “one of the most heartstoppingly great live bands on earth” and the Village Voice spluttered succinctly upon seeing them live: “Holy fucking fuck!”. Their 2007 album Red State was an electronic folk and feedback drenched masterpiece that left critics both raving and bewildered. It sadly proved to be their last. The upside is that that musical crossroads lead to the unveiling of EMAwho has since opened for Throbbing Gristle on their last US tour.

A native of South Dakota, the dead centre of America’s great empty heartland, EMA’s unique and at times dervish-like guitar style, visceral songwriting expressions and DIY recording ethos have seen her develop a distinctive sonic signature, somewhat neurotically assembled and essentially raw, the product of obsession by somebody who never learned the ‘right’ way to do things.

Evoking the whisper-to-yell dynamics of early Cat Power but without the oft-copied melancholy, Liz Phair’s intimate and visceral expression or Royal Trux emerging from a basement fug and smelling fresh salty air for the first time, she is a significant talent that completely compels the listener.

EMA’s songs are filled with harmonies and hooks that exist right in those sweet spots between melody and dissonance. It is a knowing voice, the sound of a drunken laugh while crying.

Tickets for this show are priced at £10.50 and go on sale at 9am on Friday 24th February:

http://www.seetickets.com/Event/EMA/The-Scala-Kings-Cross/620557

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