At its worst, First Love is a British folk album for those who discovered Nick Drake as a result of the Garden State soundtrack -- a modernized, hit-or-miss interpretation of a classic genre. Emma-Lee Moss takes her cues from Drake, Joni Mitchell, and their guitar-strumming ilk, but she sounds more awkward than those artists ever did, with syllable-heavy lyrics that often clutter her own melodies. At its best, though, this debut effort breathes new life into old patterns, as many tracks prove to be solid, oddball folk songs for the iPod generation. The sparkling "We Almost Had a Baby" flirts with girl pop, even if its thinly veiled lyrics ("You didn't stop when I told you to stop, and there was a month when I wasn't sure") are more suggestive than anything the Shangri-Las touched upon. Several minutes later, "Dylan" sways like an Irish folk number, its fiddles and military percussion dancing around Moss' attack on a holier-than-thou hipster. Her lyrics may be cumbersome in execution, but they're still sharp on paper, honing their attack to a fine point whenever the singer attacks former lovers ("You were stroking me like a pet, but you didn't own me yet") and the male gender in general. Throw in some recurring motifs -- "The Easter Parade" and "The Easter Parade, Pt. 2" explore the same riff, albeit in radically different contexts -- and First Love sounds exactly like its title suggests: self-conscious and potentially awkward, but quite charming and earnest nevertheless.
I’ve had my hands on Emmy The Great’s album First Love for a few months now and I figure, this review is probably really overdue, especially since Allan wrote about her then-upcoming release way back in January.My friends and I had been waiting for an album release since discovering her several years back, but [...]Related posts:Emmy The Great - First Love Video + Track Listing Emmy The Great
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I'm totally into this British artist's debut album, First Love, and this is a great track off it.She's a superb song writer, and I dig her voice and the arrangements. She's the best artist I've come across yet this year.
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The whispertown 2000 and Emmy the Great.I can't get enough.That's all.
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I’ve had my hands on Emmy The Great’s album First Love for a few months now and I figure, this review is probably really overdue, especially since Allan wrote about her then-upcoming release way back in January.My friends and I had been waiting for an album release since discovering her several years back, but [...]Related posts:Emmy The Great - First Love Video + Track Listing Emmy The Great
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Emmy The Great has reveiled details of her debut album and an extensive tour of the UK in support of it next year.
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After announcing the details for her debut album last week Emmy the Great is now releasing a video for the title track 'First Love'. You can watch the video below. Emmy the Great - History Of Britain
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