This is for the girls. If you believe the british music press, this young singer/songwriter/performer will soon become something like the next Kate Nash. Emmy The Great is going to release her second album “Virtue” in november and the chances are good that she might get some radio airplay.
This is well done, british emotional pop music with a mainstream appeal, but not to cheesy. Compare it to Agnes Obel and the like. A record that you can give to the not-nerdy friends of yours as a present.
I did not want to like this band at the beginning. Young Rebel Set from Stockton-On-Tees in North East England seemed to be too obvious, like a Pub Rock-Version of everybody’s darlings Mumford & Sons. So I tried to not listen to their music. But then came “If I Was”, the first single and one of the best Folk Pop-pieces of 2010 and you couldn’t avoid to fall in love with the song. Now 2011 sees Young Rebel Set release their debut LP “Curse Our Love” and the video to “Lion’s mouth” gives a first impression. Here’s a band to watch.
