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From the corridors of 'rock n roll high school' (Jesmond High School in Newcastle, Australia) comes a power packed young band playing music way ahead of their age. But hey, we have come to expect that of bands from Newcastle. All members being 18 years old and just finished the HSC majoring in music and fashion.
Jesmond High is a unique school that fosters down to earth, street level musical talent, having their own 24 track recording studio, performance space and extremely motivated teachers who give their students the freedom to express themselves with the necessary training.
EM and her band are a result of this environment, coming up with an astonishingly accomplished first EP featuring the single 'In Your Kiss'.
Recorded late December 2006, the tracks show a band playing live and raw of technology giving an honest approach to their music. Three well crafted songs written through the final year of school, documenting a musical group on fire and ready to rock the world.
From the blistering heaviness of 'In Your Kiss' to the obvious pop of 'Just For You', this Ep is quite amazing and worth a listen.
Let's meet the band.
Fronting is EM, an enigmatic singer who is the principal songwriter of the group. Em now shares her time between studying fashion design, writing music and planning artistic mayhem.
Leading the musical charge is Zac (bass), Petei (guitar) and Cameron (drums) all co-writing the songs, studying music and accomplished musicians for their age in their own right. These 3 freaks create the sonic texture that gives the band their awesome sound.
From the moment they walked into the recording studio to record these tracks they were remarkably at home and knew what they were doing. The songs were demoed at school, rehearsed, performed and crafted well before. This recording session was simply the culmination of their days of practical training at school and it reeks of future success.
A big thankyou goes out to Brien McVernon (Head of music @ Jesmond High School) who made this musical capability happen by nuturing these talents over the 2 years of the HSC.
Newcastle has always been the most amazing place for rock, and the history of the city speaks for itself. 'Em' is just another example of fine rock in true Newcastle tradition being played by exciting young people, hopefully on the edge of recognition.
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EM are produced and managed by
Brandeluxe
(Sean Lowry and Rob Taylor)
[email protected] - mobile: 0414 236 501
