Emma-Jean Thackray first caught our ears again in 2020 with the discharge of her genre-bending Rain Dance EP, however even then the Leeds-born multi-instrumentalist and producer had already constructed a formidable catalog of music that may simply be thought-about nationwide treasure.
Since then Emma-Jean launched her extremely acclaimed LP Yellow (2021) and collaborated with artists like Reggie Watts and Jitwam. At present we have a good time her model new single “It is Okay” that includes Grammy-nominated singer, emcee, and drummer Kassa Total, which will likely be a part of her forthcoming report WEIRDO scheduled for launch on April twenty fifth.
The monitor is constructed on jazz foundations together with tight drumming, soulful brass, and naturally each Kassa and Emma-Jean’s staggering vocal talents.
A couple of weeks in the past, she shared with us the primary single off WEIRDO known as “Wanna Die”, which also needs to be in your radar.
WEIRDO marks one other excessive level in Emma-Jean Thackray’s ever-expanding Galaxian trajectory – a venture that sees her not solely writing, singing, and arranging each element but in addition recording and enjoying each single instrument herself. Crafted completely from her South London flat, the monitor is each a daring assertion of inventive independence and a testomony to her evolution as a composer, lyricist, and human being. It’s a star-studded showcase of her boundless creativity, pushing the boundaries of jazz, digital, and experimental sounds with easy brilliance.
