Emma Garrett - Emma Garrett EP
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| Emma Garrett - Emma Garrett EP |
Release Date: 5th May 2014
When you see the words
Singer-Songwriter you tend to think of someone hunched over an acoustic guitar,
maybe a piano, singing gentle tunes. Emma Garrett is not of this ilk. The three
tracks that comprise this EP are passionate, intense and destined for bigger
things. Opening track 'Dose Me Up' sees the London based chanteuse combine
folk, indie, orchestral and rock styles to create a more organic version of
Muse with Alison Moyet on vocals - Alison Moyet with a better range, I might
add. The sinister key of 'This Is It' combines superbly with Garrett's
breathless vocals to create an Anna Calvi-esque piece of music with a Florence
Welch performance. At over thirteen minutes long, this EP is huge considering
there are only three tracks but that's where Garrett's classical bent comes in
to play as each track is like a movement in its own right. Final track 'Change
Your Bones' is perhaps the most accessible of the three with a steady acoustic
strum, luscious strings and a vocal melody that the likes of Ellie Goulding
would jump on. I'm aware that I've done a lot of comparing Emma Garrett to other
female artists (Muse aside) but sometimes you have to put female singer
songwriters in to this pigeon hole when they are so strong and innovative.
These songs, in the hands of a man, would not have the same resonance or power
so it would be unfair to draw that comparison. Intensely beautiful stuff.
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