Blog: I Rock Cleveland

EMA Past Life Martyred Saints Soutterain Transmissions Like any work chronicling an unexpected, life-changing event, EMA's Past Life Martyred Saints, Erika Anderson's first album since the breakup of her previous band, Gowns, and her previous relationship with Gowns collaborator, Ezra Buchla, features a range of emotions, both positive and negative, which shift by the day, by the hour, the minute, or in this case, within a song.  One moment, on a track like "Grey Ship,"  she comes off as distant and broken.  The acoustic guitar she's playing sounds rickety and old, [...]

• EMA - The Grey Ship