Erika M. Anderson Explained

EMA
Birth Name:Erika Michelle Anderson
Birth Date:January 28, 1982[1]
Birth Place:South Dakota, United States
Years Active:2006–present

Erika Michelle Anderson (born January 28, 1982), better known by her stage name EMA, is an American singer and songwriter originally from South Dakota, who presently lives in Portland, Oregon. She fronted the noise-folk band Gowns, from 2006 to 2010, releasing one album, 2007's Red State.[2] After Gowns disbanding, she released her debut album Little Sketches on Tape in 2010 on Night People, an independent music label founded by former Raccoo-oo-oon member Shawn Reed. In 2011 EMA released her second album Past Life Martyred Saints, which received positive reviews from Pitchfork Media,[3] Drowned in Sound,[4] and the NME.[5] After releasing her debut album, EMA was named "New Band of the Day" by The Guardian,[6] and "Artist to Watch" by Rolling Stone.[7] In 2011 she performed "Endless, Nameless" for Spins twentieth anniversary tribute to Nirvana's album Nevermind.[8] Her song "The Grey Ship" was used on an episode of Adult Swim's Off the Air, and in the 2014 Carter Smith film Jamie Marks Is Dead.

The album The Future's Void was released on Matador Records in 2014.[9] She made her network television debut performing on Late Show with David Letterman on August 26, 2014.

EMA released her third studio album, Exile in the Outer Ring, on August 25, 2017 through City Slang. The first single was "Aryan Nation" and dedicated to the people of "heartland America", where she is from.[10] The single was inspired by the British skinhead film, This Is England.[11]

In 2023 it was announced that Anderson had joined Sarah Register and Vice Cooler to form Thrash Palace.[12]

Discography

Albums

Singles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EMA on Twitter.
  2. Web site: Breihan . Tom . EMA . . March 9, 2011 . March 20, 2024.
  3. Web site: Neyland . Nick . EMA: Past Life Martyred Saints . . May 10, 2011 . May 17, 2011.
  4. Web site: Skinner . James . EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints . . May 5, 2011 . May 17, 2011 . October 16, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121016151730/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16189/reviews/4142559 . dead .
  5. Web site: Chester . Tim . May 4, 2011 . Album Review: EMA – 'Past Life Martyred Saints' . May 17, 2011 . . IPC Media.
  6. Web site: Lester . Paul . Paul Lester . New band of the day – No 1,005: EMA . . . April 14, 2011 . May 17, 2011.
  7. Keyes . J. Edward . Artist to Watch: EMA's Spellbinding Noise-Folk Confessionals . . . May 17, 2011 . May 17, 2011.
  8. Web site: Marchese . David . July 19, 2011 . FREE ALBUM: SPIN Tribute to Nirvana's 'Nevermind' . July 28, 2011 . Spin.
  9. Web site: Richardson. Mark. EMA: The Future's Void Album Reviews Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media. 30 April 2014. 10 April 2014.
  10. Web site: EMA announces new album Exile In The Outer Ring, shares 'Aryan Nation' . FACT . April 19, 2017 . May 8, 2017 . Bowe, Miles.
  11. Web site: Malt. Andy. EMA announces new album, releases This Is England inspired single. CMU. 31 May 2017.
  12. Web site: Breihan . Tom . 2023-08-16 . EMA, Vice Cooler, & Sarah Register Form Supergroup Thrash Palace . 2024-07-04 . Stereogum . en.
  13. Web site: EMA Shares "Amnesia Haze," First Taste of Her Score for Chloe Sevigny Film "#Horror" . Under The Radar . November 20, 2015 . March 24, 2016 . Roberts, Christopher.

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