music makes me happy and i am happy to make music. come hear me play sometime and you'll know what i mean. x
NOT SCARS AND NOT BRUISES
NO PLACE TO BE
REVIEWS
One of Bristol’s ever-expanding family of sensitive singer-songwriters, Emily Teague does the one girl and her guitar thing better than most, managing to tiptoe the tricky tightrope between heartfelt and cloying with wide-eyed aplomb
venuemagazine
The songs at the Myspace site sound really personal and rather than epic (my usual taste) they seem rather private and insular, like you are having a conversation in a snug at the local. I found myself hooked by the chorus in “Absolutely Yesâ€.
There a millions of people who do this but not quite as well, I wish her luck.
Snug Review on Duggup.com
Venue has voted Emily their favourite Bristol Singer Songwriter this year, and for good reason. Her lyrics, her melodies and her sophistication puts her head and shoulders above other local artists.
Tobacco Factory, Dec 2008
Musical support was plentiful and accomplished: in truth, the evening belonged to a host of skilled performers. Musician Pete Roe brought charismatic piquancy to the evening – no mean feat on a banjo. And singer-songwriter Emily Teague’s good-natured cynicism contrasted well with the boisterous shenanigans of the main band.
Crackerjack online live review '08
Opening up Venue's launch for our forthcoming, actually bloody good CD comes Emily Teague's slow-brew blend of harmony and understatedly fleeting slide guitar. The kind of singer apparently carrying the weight of the world in three minute bursts, it's almost a relief when she's allowed breaks between songs. Does a comparision along the lines of Lucinda Williams dosed up on vallium sound bad? It's not meant to. The largely singular pace of all that preceded is accentuated by a neatly riffing upbeat coda. More of this, please.
Julian Owen, Colston Hall 18th Sept '08
Emily Teague has submitted two songs and I love them both. Make Things Right is just beautiful - spare acoustic guitar that leaves the focus on Emily’s stunning voice. The equally gorgeous Yours Faithfully sounds a little more polished, but I think I prefer the slightly grittier recording of Make Things Right.
James (nobodys perfect film competition 2008)
'Highlight is Emily Teague's 'The Wheels in This Car' which, with its eerie, echoing guitars, evokes faded polaroids of summers past. This and Teague's 'Is That Enough For You?', with its melancholy clomping beat and banjo picked melody, both reach outside the familiar, introspective bedroom-acoustic canon. Hers are the most original lyrics here, too'
Venue 2-11 May
'Emily Teague is revelatory, country slide and three-part harmonies conjoining sublimely in another highlight: "Am I looking for trouble? I'll answer 'Absolutely, yes'." It's the weariness of the reply that seals it.'
Kristen Grayewski, Venue.
'Maybe the Sold Out signs on the door contributed to Emily Teague "being nervous and walking into things" but she better get used to playing in front of big crowds. Ably assisted by Piers Partridge and Dave Lewis, the Bristol Universiy student has a beautiful voice and songs to match. Scratch the Surface set the bar very high but the star of the set was the heartbreaking Not Scars And Not Bruises'.
Paul Dallison, Evening Post.
'Emily Teague took to the stage with just an acoustic guitar. She has one of those voices that seems to be used effortlessly, and created an atmosphere from the off. Give Me Yellow had an optimism not often to the fore with solo performers, and was all the better for it'.
Lee Hanson, Evening Post.
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