INCOMING | EMA — Past Life Martyred Saints

March 1, 2011 by Charlotte Richardson Andrews in Blog

EMA
Past Life Martyred Saints

[Souterrain Transmissions; May 9]

If you’re a keen follower of our Free Music Fridays, you’ll already know that EMA is the new solo project from Erika M Anderson, formerly of legendary folk/noise outfit Amps For Christ and genre-defying duo Gowns with Ezra Buchla. We were knocked sideways by her recent single ‘The Grey Ship’, a seven-minute long, distortion clouded ode to her Viking ancestors, and the accompanying sixteen-minute B-side cover of Robert Johnson’s ‘Kind Heart’. Needless to say we expected equally epic things from her debut, and Past Life Martyred Saints certainly delivers on atmosphere. Anderson has honed a style that melds eerie, visceral songwriting with a DIY approach to recording, and grungy reverb, haunting melodies and a thick, hissing vein of ’90s alt-noise aesthetics mark this debut as one to watch out for.

Tracklist:
01 The Grey Ship
02 California
03 Anteroom
04 Milkman
05 Coda
06 Marked
07 Breakfast
08 Butterfly Knife
09 Red Star

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About Charlotte Richardson Andrews

Charlotte is a London-based writer and journalist. She writes about music, politics and pop/queer culture for The Guardian, DIVA magazine and Q, amongst others, and has been Deputy Editor for Wears The Trousers since 2008. She digs punkademia, comix and smashing patriarchy. She's also the founder of Queer Zine Fest London.

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