If you’ve ever met Emilia
Quinn in person or followed her career you might think that Firecracker is a
great way to describe this feisty little Leeds Tyke – so its an obvious choice
for the title of her new EP
Ready Right Now opens
the EP with a statement of intent. From
the urgent acoustic guitar intro which builds in volume, power and pace into
Emilia’s softer, folky vocal to the picked up drum beat the song shows Emilia’s
song writing skills and style, using changes of pace and repetitive phrasing
where the words vary ever so slightly with each line to make a point
Ready right now, ready to find out, ready to fight now
As the song builds the
instruments build with it - from acoustic guitar to drums to electric guitar
dropping back to that repetitive beat for the chorus
The song also showcases
Emilia’s range from that mellow vocal at the opening to her rocky country voice
– it’s a great choice for the opening track
We sent the EP over to the Queen of crossing genres Sam
Coe for a listen, and in her words
I love it! I would refer to this as new outlaw country
She’s got loads of traditional influences in there, it’s just got proper grit. Could hear it on lots of tv shows... feels like her voice is held back throughout then you just get those WHAM moments when she lets the gruffness out.
Emilia loves to put a twist
in her songs, demonstrated in Nothing To Lose – opening with a slow vocal
, then the powerful voice takes us up a gear and into a faster toe tapping
rhythm, but that doesn’t disguise the emotion in the song, punctuated by that
powerful voice Emilia has. Able to
change tempo at will, you just have to listen to what she is telling you.
Drunk has
a heavy beat from the abrupt spoken intro, the song shows the power of Emilia’s
voice and the raw edge to her music. Every EP, every album needs the song that
you can visualise being blasted out from a festival stage, and for Firecracker
this is the one.
Emilia’s own favourite track
on the EP is Outlaw. it starts almost stripped back, with a great, solid
beat and Emilia’s sass all over it. If
Drunk is the “blast it from stage” track then this is the live show encore that
will have you stamping your feet rather than tapping your toes and singing
along by the first chorus
Outlaw Outlaw show me what you got
sounds like a direct
challenge – and you get the feeling that Emilia can issue and stand up to any
challenge!
Show me who’s the baddest bitch in the land
Judging by this track, and this EP – its you Emilia!
Firecracker, the new EP from Emilia Quinn is available on all major platforms from Friday 24 July
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