Ema / Past Life Martyred Saints
| Album: | Past Life Martyred Saints | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Ema | Added: | May 2011 | |
| Label: | Souterrain Transmissions | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-08-14 | Pull Date: | 2011-10-16 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 16 | Oct 9 | Oct 2 | Sep 25 | Sep 11 | Sep 4 | Aug 28 | Aug 21 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 03, 2014: | Music Casserole
The Grey Ship |
4. | Oct 08, 2011: | Music Casserole
Marked |
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| 2. | Feb 07, 2013: | The Sunset Life
The Grey Ship |
5. | Sep 29, 2011: | YOUTH DEMOGRAPHIC RADIO: THE RETURN OF THE YOUFF PT. 2
Anteroom |
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| 3. | Oct 11, 2011: | Ghost Trees
Breakfast |
6. | Sep 20, 2011: | Air Drop: Oh My Goth!
Anteroom |
Album Review
Robo
Reviewed 2011-08-15
Reviewed 2011-08-15
EMA: Past Life Martyred Saints (Souterrain Transmissions)
EMA (aka Erika M. Anderson, formerly of Gowns): mellow indie rock singer/songwriter, but pure noise rock at times; her voice is ethereal one moment & raw the next; volatile lyrics sometimes unnerving ("I wish that every time he touched me left a mark"); this is her full-length solo debut. Compare to Pretty On The Inside-era Courtney Love or Kim Gordon's Sonic Youth songs; Love and Rockets also comes to mind.
Best tracks: 01*, 03***, 04***, 06*, & 07**
*01 "The Grey Ship" 7:15: slow-strummed acoustic guitar, minimal percussion & breathy vox open the track; quiet, low-end synth interludes combine w/ layered vox tracks; distorted guitar builds to crescendo
02 "California" 4:35 (FCC warning): slow, driving tempo, very wordy rant
***03 "Anteroom" 3:19: mid-tempo rock w/ a cappella break
***04 "Milkman" 3:21: very distorted-sounding mid-tempo piece w/ electronic drums
05 "Coda" 1:01: a cappella folk ditty with layered vox
*06 "Marked" 4:21: droning muddy guitar w/ raspy vox, synth livens track at end
**07 "Breakfast" 3:22: clean electric guitar picking, layered lullabyesque vox; picks up at end w/ guitar strumming & feedback
08 "Butterfly Knife" 3:53 (FCC warning): guitar feedback/ noise, layered ranting vox
09 "Red Star" 6:36: droning guitar, audio samples, ethereal vox transforms into 60s mid-tempo rock
EMA (aka Erika M. Anderson, formerly of Gowns): mellow indie rock singer/songwriter, but pure noise rock at times; her voice is ethereal one moment & raw the next; volatile lyrics sometimes unnerving ("I wish that every time he touched me left a mark"); this is her full-length solo debut. Compare to Pretty On The Inside-era Courtney Love or Kim Gordon's Sonic Youth songs; Love and Rockets also comes to mind.
Best tracks: 01*, 03***, 04***, 06*, & 07**
*01 "The Grey Ship" 7:15: slow-strummed acoustic guitar, minimal percussion & breathy vox open the track; quiet, low-end synth interludes combine w/ layered vox tracks; distorted guitar builds to crescendo
02 "California" 4:35 (FCC warning): slow, driving tempo, very wordy rant
***03 "Anteroom" 3:19: mid-tempo rock w/ a cappella break
***04 "Milkman" 3:21: very distorted-sounding mid-tempo piece w/ electronic drums
05 "Coda" 1:01: a cappella folk ditty with layered vox
*06 "Marked" 4:21: droning muddy guitar w/ raspy vox, synth livens track at end
**07 "Breakfast" 3:22: clean electric guitar picking, layered lullabyesque vox; picks up at end w/ guitar strumming & feedback
08 "Butterfly Knife" 3:53 (FCC warning): guitar feedback/ noise, layered ranting vox
09 "Red Star" 6:36: droning guitar, audio samples, ethereal vox transforms into 60s mid-tempo rock
Track Listing
| 1. | The Grey Ship | 5. | Coda | |||
| 2. | California | 6. | Marked | |||
| 3. | Anteroom | 7. | Breakfast | |||
| 4. | Milkman | 8. | Butterfly Knife | |||
| 9. | Red Star | |||||