Emmy The Great

...i'll think of this and
I will cry, perhaps i'll
drop my toast...

Emmy The Great is the heroine of London's anti folk scene, with a whistful charm akin to being slowly buldegoned to death by a cute lamenting, and mildy unhinged, art student. Hiding behind the twang of an acoustic guitar these odes to youth culture pull no punches and behind their cutesy charm lies a darker passion.

"I will pour whiskey on your grave" sings Emmy to a dead lover, whilst whisking the deceased's father of to the bedroom to deal with the confusion of grief between the sheets. Her lucid way with words manouerves itself across you body like a creeping mist, each line another wave of the odinary yet tinged with a raw emotion.

Born Emma-Lee Moss in Hong Kong, as a child she emigrated with her family to London. She has collaborated with several other artists, namely Johnny Flynn, Jeremy Warmsley and Helen White. She has also supported Martha Wainwright, Mystery Jets, Tilly and the Wall, Jamie T and Kimya Dawson, and can be seen on the upcoming Camden Crawl tour in April.

"Honey voiced angel of British Anti-folk." - NME

"Emmy simply has a great voice — one that just lulls and droops over her guitar" - The Stypod

www.emmythegreat.com

MP3: Emmy The Great - Edward is Deadward