emma louise

The sublime sounds of singer-songwriter emma louise have made their way onto our airwaves with her debut single ‘Jungle’ going straight to high rotation on triple j. Now, we get to wrap our ears around her enchanting debut EP, Full Hearts & Empty Rooms.

Emma is one of those people who were born to play music. She was the one who avoided maths and science classes to teach herself guitar and write songs in the high school music room. It paid off. At age 15, Emma had already been lauded with two Q Song Awards for her song writing.

Post high school, a string of well-known supports including Sarah Blasko, Bob Evans and Tim Rogers and residencies around her hometown of Cairns followed leading Emma to make the decision to move to Brisbane to take her music to the next level. She moved with an unreleased album up her sleeve, but as she immersed herself into the Brisbane music scene and started spending more time with songwriters and musicians, Emma, now 19, was inspired to do better.

Full Hearts & Empty Rooms was recorded in Cairns with friend and producer Mark Myers (The Middle East). “In the last year I experimented with a lot of different producers to discover the sound I was looking for. Mark and I had known each other for a few years and had always talked about working together. It was obvious in pre-production that we were on the same track and had the same ideas,” says Emma.
This EP looks to the future. Three out of the four songs are brand new. “I always like recording my newest songs,” Emma affirms, yet she hasn’t completely abandoned her older material with the addition of ‘1000 Sundowns’, a track she wrote in high school that still remains close to her heart. With such a prolific and impulsive songwriting nature, it would be impossible to capture the scope of Emma’s years of songwriting onto an EP. You can however confide in the fact that she records almost as much as she writes and this will be the first of many offerings.

Shortly after the release of her EP, Emma hits the road as the sought-after opening act on folk-rockers Boy & Bear’s near-sold-out Autumn 2011 tour. This will be her first opportunity to delight audiences nationally with her enthralling live presence and unique songwriting skills.

myspace.com/musicemmalouise

CONTACT:

Management:
Rick Chazan | Ground Control Music | E: rick@groundcontrolmusic.com | P: 61 7 3870 5533

Australian Booking Agent:
Stephen Wade | Select Music | E: stephen@selectmusic.com.au | P: 61 2 8577 6977

Publicity:
Natalie Dodds | Mucho-Bravado | E: nat@mucho-bravado.com | P: +61 7 3852 3001

DISCOGRAPHY:

Full Hearts and Empty  Rooms (Album) Released April 2011 01. Bugs 02. Jungle 03. Al’s Song 04. 1000 Sundowns