Emmecosta – Emmecosta…
Emmecosta are an Italian/Swedish 4 piece who moved to Gothenburg in 2008, looking for a fresh start and a new audience, they have since acquired a member from these shores. Recent success in the Emergenza festival (they won the Scandinavian Finals) sees them through to an international final in Germany and the band get a chance to play Londons 02 arena at the end of the month as a guest at the Live and Unsigned final. All this suggests that the band are a good live act, perhaps not a surprise for a band who have actually been together since 2000.
This is the bands first album and is self financed and jointly self produced. The production is spot on throughout and some serious credit should go to the band and experienced producer Anders Lagerfors for production which would shame many more expensive efforts.
It is an assured set of songs, clearly carefully and painstakingly crafted. Not without ideas, the band never feel the need to outstay their welcome and the 10 songs come in at 35 minutes long. Early highlights such as Ghosts and the Answer is in the onion set a good benchmark, the latter is an excellent track and must surely be a live favourite. We’ll always be here is another delight with its Flaming Lips esque verse and soaring chorus. Its an album not without a surprise or two such as the catchy Strokes-like chorus on the final track Chop my head off, but the album never sounds disjointed. Overall it is a confident set of songs and there is more than enough here to warrant further investigation. It is perhaps missing that absolute killer track, although this would be harsh criticism of a band who have produced an impressive debut.
Richard ‘Skip’ Sherwin
