Emma Blackery – Dirt
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| Emma Blackery - Dirt |
If you want the skinny on how to
make a cracking alt-pop track for 2018 then you could do a lot worse than
studying the new single ‘Dirt’ by the wonderfully sassy Emma Blackery. This song
may be presented as a perfectly wrapped parcel with a bow and perfume sprayed
liberally around it but when you open up the box you’ll find it’s essentially a
severed hand locked in position with the middle finger extended. The wonky melodies
and woozy backing vocals bring your defences down for a bit of a dance and a sing-along,
but the lyrics give you a firm, full palmed slap around the chops; “You came on
Twitter, saying I’m bitter (honey have you looked in the mirror)”. Blackery is
a hugely entertaining talent and this is one lady from Essex who could teach those
Yankee try-hards a thing or two about effortless put downs and sublime
melodies.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/EmmaBlackery/
Live Dates:
27th May – Button Factory, Dublin
28th May – O2 Academy 2, Liverpool
29th May – Tramshed, Cardiff
31st May – Northumbria University, Newcastle
1st June – Garage, Glasgow
2nd June – Waterfront, Norwich
3rd June – O2 Institute 2, Birmingham
4th June – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
4th October – Parkteatret, Oslo
7th October – BETA2300, Copenhagen
9th October – Sugarfactory, Amsterdam
12th October – Musik & Frieden, Berlin
14th October – Feierwerk, Munich
17th October – Zoom Club, Frankfurt