Welcome to the world of a firecracker. Emilia Quinn has definitely got what can only be called a powerhouse vocal with true grit, soul and passion behind it when she sings. Emilia is an independent artist supporting herself and this new release is the follow up to her 2019 EP Wrote Off. Emilia writes her own material and works hard in the industry and has built a strong fanbase and has proven herself to be a talented force to be reckoned with. Songs like sorry momma, wrote off and woman like me introduced her to fans and now we have the next chapter in the Emilia Quinn story.
The firecracker release has seen her having the spotlight on her today from the British Country Music Association and a feature of artist of the week on this pages twitter/instagram and facebook. To describe the music of Emilia Quinn you could say the true elements of the heart of country is there and on top of this Emilia adds her alternative sound and herself to the lyrics and music to make her trademark sound that is sassy, gritty, full of strength and power and a message of be true to yourself coming through.
This new release starts of with a single guitar on the first track Ready Right Now. Emilia's vocal soft to start telling us she is ready right now, she is ready to fight now. She is a soilder to her own heart. This track builds as it goes on and has such a slick guitar solo adding sheer class to it. Great start to this 4 track EP.
The second track is Nothing to Lose which you could say is one of the more traditional country sounding track and has different instrumentation and backing than the other three tracks and fits very well as part of the story of firecracker. I hear country, Americana vibes and versatility in songwriting from Emilia here. The grit in her voice, the instrumental solo is classic on this track, this one could turn into a fav very quickly. "Oh lord please help, ive been running trying to be someone else" you hear Emilia plead at the start. Be true to yourself and don't let anything external define who you are.
Track three is Drunk. Great title for an alternative country song. This song starts with muffled vocals from Emilia and drums kick in "everybody's got problems, I wish I could solve them I dont pretend that I know best" "I cannot keep saving you baby" This song is again sassy, gritty and another well produced track for the firecracker era. This song sounds like an ode to asking someone why they need to be dependent on something so much and to please help themselves. A strong and well produced track.
The final track on this 4 track ep may just be the highlight of this EP. Emilia mentions that it is her fav for the moment. Guitars and distorted vocals begin this track telling who may be listening to "take a sip and see if you can handle me" This track is Outlaw and this sounds like a movie theme soundtrack! You can hear it fitting very well "outlaw outlaw take me by the hand, show me whose the baddest bitch in the land" This song has a chorus of well known artists and music lovers of the genre including Louise Parker, Danny Coffill Brown, Becky Lawrence, William Hope, Tommy Taylor, Rob Lewis, Shannon Hynes, Luke Williams, Michael Addy and John W Doyle. This song feels like this is me and I am fine on my own but if you can handle me and get me then lets go and be outlaws together! Great imagery and story telling.
This EP is a powerful and exceptional follow up to wrote off for Emilia which will only see her growth within the industry rise to new heights. Don't just take my word for it, go listen and hear this for yourself. It is well worth it!!
Congratulations to Arjun on production, Ben Pike and Mike Addy on guitar, pedal steel and base and Steve Matthews on drums. So much talent involved in bringing this EP together.
For links to buy the EP and merch go herehttps://emiliaquinnmusic.bandcamp.com/
