BREEZE EMILY Rapture

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Bristol based pop noir artist Emily Breeze returns with new album 'Rapture'. Written and recorded in her 40th year on planet earth, the songs are a poignant and humorous take on how it feels to grow old disgracefully in an increasingly weird world. She describes the album as "a collection of coming-of (middle age) stories which celebrate flamboyant failure, excess and acceptance. "I was receiving advice from music industry types to try and hide my age as if it was a dirty secret like an S.T.D or a disgraced royal, so I decided to do the exact opposite". This may have been a wise decision as previous single "Confessions Of An Ageing Party Girl'' received airplay from Lauren Laverne, Don Letts and Tom Robinson (BBC Radio 6) who commented "The UK's 21st century answer to Patti Smith" alongside continued support from BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Introducing in the West and was described as "the script of a kitchen sink drama filmed like a glamorous noir, the results are triumph of glittering melancholy" (Louder Than War). Cosmology is also a consistent theme which forms a backdrop to the everyday experiences (a day at work, a night in the pub) which take place as the universe unfurls into the great enveloping infinite dark. Many of the songs use cut up excerpts from Science articles and cosmologists such as Carl Sagan which are spliced with Emily's absurdist imagery "we will high five the aliens, we will receive a standing ovation from the angels." The album's centrepiece "Part of Me" is a six-minute sprawling epic which takes on the alternative fates of the towering figures of the 21st century "Elvis moved to the suburbs for a witness protection scheme" and "Princess Diana went undercover; she works at Anne Summers she wears a disguise". These themes, images and ideas are beautifully illustrated through the talents of producer Stew Jackson (Massive Attack) and all-star musicians Rob Norbury (lead guitar), Andy Sutor (drums), Helen Stanley (keys/synth) and Graham Dalzell (bass) who have collaborated with Emily to craft a cinematic pop noir fantasy which draws influence from Vintage Exotica, Patti Smith, Pulp and Leonard Cohen. Extensive radio play for first single "Ordinary Life", including C-listing on BBC6 Muic for four consecutive weeks and Radio X playlist. Emily released her first solo album "The Penny Arcade" in 2010 garnering critical acclaim including album of the year in Americana U.K and support from BBC Radio 6 which resulted in Emily being described as "The love child of P.J Harvey and Johnny Cash" in The Sunday Times. "Loved the way the sort of speaking voice just draws you in, you just wanna hear what she's saying" - Craig Charles, BBC 6 Music. "A hint of Blondie disco beats in that and Emily's album is going to be called 'Rapture'" - Steve Lamacq, BBC 6 Music. "Such a wonderful sentiment, such a powerful piece of music and such a great song?Absolutely blew me away" - John Kennedy, Radio X "She's got her own very distinctive brand of indie