Emmy The Great
Virtue
Emmy The Great’s second record sees her moving out of the shadows of collaborations with the likes of Lightspeed Champion to find both her own sound and voice. The result is an intoxicating mixture of beauty and vitriol. So, the tenderness of ‘Dinosaur Sex’ masks musings on the futility of existence, while the piano-led ‘A Woman, A Woman’ is an understated (and, as such, all the more powerful) feminist anthem. Musically, things are built around Emma Lee-Moss’ trademark acoustic guitar and haunting voice, but there is much more going on here than in her previous work. Emmy The Great is no longer Lee-Moss’ one woman show, and her band this time bring some necessary depth to proceedings. Having said that, Virtue is still ultimately quite a sparse album. There is plenty of ‘space’ for the tracks to inhabit. It is perhaps fair to say that there remains room for improvement – Lee-Moss is obviously extremely talented, but a few of the tracks still drag and there is an excessive earnestness here which, while interesting, at times obscures some of the fun. The third album could be the really great one – but for now this is still very good indeed.
Virtue
Emmy The Great’s second record sees her moving out of the shadows of collaborations with the likes of Lightspeed Champion to find both her own sound and voice. The result is an intoxicating mixture of beauty and vitriol. So, the tenderness of ‘Dinosaur Sex’ masks musings on the futility of existence, while the piano-led ‘A Woman, A Woman’ is an understated (and, as such, all the more powerful) feminist anthem. Musically, things are built around Emma Lee-Moss’ trademark acoustic guitar and haunting voice, but there is much more going on here than in her previous work. Emmy The Great is no longer Lee-Moss’ one woman show, and her band this time bring some necessary depth to proceedings. Having said that, Virtue is still ultimately quite a sparse album. There is plenty of ‘space’ for the tracks to inhabit. It is perhaps fair to say that there remains room for improvement – Lee-Moss is obviously extremely talented, but a few of the tracks still drag and there is an excessive earnestness here which, while interesting, at times obscures some of the fun. The third album could be the really great one – but for now this is still very good indeed.
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