(Morning Star, February 7, 2010)
Album review
Album review
Bristol-based Emily Breeze's PJ Harvey-flavoured vocal ushers in a new age of wonder from the off.
Like a skiffle band stacked to the rafters with double bass and slick percussion, Monday's Right Hook opens the record.
It is barnstorming stuff.
And it has all the pugilistic force of the dreaded start of the working week.
But in this case, Emily being Emily, it only gets better.
And how.
The fighting talk of the opener mellows on Badlands, which is all acoustic guitar and smokey singing which brings to mind Tanita Tikaram.
But through torch song Lost Highway and the title track, Emily brings a depth to the slower tune that bruises and burns the heart.
With courage in her near-growl and an all-round great set of tunes, The Penny Arcade is set for definite success.
A big thumbs up to this one
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