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• Bristol’s folkies have some bad habits – ‘spiritual’ clichés and relentlessly soporific tempi, to name just two. Emily Teague avoids them all. She, her guitar, and muso mates – including bassist Dave Lewis and multi-instrumentalist Piers Partridge – here deliver a dozen flawlessly produced, consistently interesting (love that ratchet in ‘Blue Black’) tracks of relaxed, clear-eyed romance. Tempting, but too easy, to liken her to KT Tunstall. She’s more of a Martina Topley-Bird: androgynous, authentically accented, touchy yet utterly trustworthy (listen to the Tricky-goes-lo-fi ‘Convinced’ – “We’ll be stronger than oak/Malleable like clay…” – and disagree). Of the many highlights, our rosette goes to fascinating, highly rewindable ‘Northern Star, Southern Belle’ – a Laura Veirs-y number delivered as though reluctantly torn from the soft tissues of her chest cavity. (Anna Britten)
www.myspace.com/emilyteaguemusic Copyright Anna Britten 2011
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‘Emily Teague’ (LP, self-released)



















































































































































































































