Emily Wells

and the folly of indy street cred

8/12/08

Left: Emily Wells, from her Myspace

I'm Still Not Jaded

by Reviewer Rob

So many bands come out with CDs that take a while to grow on you. Nick Cave's Murder Ballads was one for me. In 1996 I had to listen to "The Curse of Millhaven" at least two dozen times before I found myself singing along, eventually realizing Cave was singing in the persona of a young girl.

Emily Wells' new CD, The Symphonies: Dreams Memories & Parties, is not one of those, as it had me from hello, from the first violin strains, the first bass notes. Her music is haunting, ethereal, evocative of strange forest creatures playing music and abruptly halting when a human wanders down the trail within earshot. You get the feeling that what you're hearing is a kind of musical love-note at times, then in other tracks, while taking a darker turn, the ... (read the full review HERE)