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Two years after her critically acclaimed debut First Love, Emmy The Great is set to release her second album Virtue. Written and recorded under very different circumstances to her first, Virtue began as a series of stories Emmy embarked on after her engagement to an atheist, but took on a very different shape when he left her for the church. Using symbols borrowed from fairy tales and mythology, Emmy added the icons that have replaced them in our modern consciousness industrial buildings, mushroom clouds, West Londons Trellick Tower. This was Emmys personal collection of myths that she fitted to her music a genre she refers to as digital medieval. Shed noticed that women only make it through the woods in big myths if they keep their virtue and she felt lost in the woods twice while writing the album, first when she got engaged, the second time when the stitches came apart. Producer Gareth Jones (These New Puritans, Depeche Mode and Grizzly Bear) indulged their romanticism, but understood her wish to make the music sound precise, rather than precious. Its this record, she says, thats made her feel like a person and that she hopes will speak to others whove endured and survived.
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Product Details
- Artist
- Emmy the Great
- Label / Studio
- CLOSE HARBOUR
- CD WOW! Sales Rank
- #16708
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- CD 30days Sales Rank
- #11985
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Dinosaur Sex
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A Woman, A Woman, A Century of Sleep
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Iris
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Paper Forest (In the Afterglow of Rapture)
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Cassandra
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Creation
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Sylvia
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Exit Night / Juliet’s Theme
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North
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Trellick Tower
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Pros
- Can Listen Over And Over
- Great Lyrics
- Original
Cons
Best Uses
- At Home
- Gift
Comments about CLOSE HARBOUR Emmy the Great - Virtue:
Such a beautiful pure voice, good songs with variation.
Pros
Cons
Best Uses
- Gift
Comments about CLOSE HARBOUR Emmy the Great - Virtue:
Haven't heard the album but I've been reliably informed by the recipient that it's a great album and well worth owning.
Pros
- Can Listen Over And Over
- Engaging
- Great Lyrics
Cons
Best Uses
- At Home
- Gift
- In The Car
Comments about CLOSE HARBOUR Emmy the Great - Virtue:
GREAT LYRICS AND MAKE ME THINK BACK SUZANNE VEGA, REALLY ENJOY IT!!!
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