Following her two critically acclaimed albums « Dark Undercoat » (2008) and « Victorian America » (2009), EMILY JANE WHITE's newest album « Ode To Sentience » was written in San Francisco and Oakland and recorded / mixed in four different studios in the San Francisco bay area by Ross Harris and Emily.
Emily's latest album « Victorian America » was arranged during rehearsal, this new album was arranged directly in the studio and recorded in a more spontaneous fashion. Most of the same band members from the last record played on this third full-lenght: James Finch Jr (bass), Carey Lamprecht (violin), Henry Nagle (lap steel / pedal steel / electric guitar), Jen Grady (cello / vocals), Ross Harris (drums).
« Ode To Sentience » is a very personal record where EMILY chose to explore the sentimental qualities of past experiences. « I found catharsis in creating these songs » she says. « They speak to the emotional simplicity and complexity of human relationship. I chose to call the record 'Ode To Sentience' because it is the capacity to feel that creates a shared human experience of music. We all share the potency of music by having the capacity to feel, and I found the simplicity of this fact very beautiful ».
10 sumptuous, unclurreted and captivating ballads.
With positive coverage in Uncut, Spin or Rolling Stone and with a large European fan base, EMILY JANE WHITE will do a 7 weeks tour in Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain and Benelux from early november to late december 2010.
Emily Jane White was raised in Fort Bragg, California, a seaside town nestled in the misty, secluded woodland of the Mendocino Coast where old men tell stories about logging and young girls dream of San Francisco. Time moves slowly in Fort Bragg, where in place of big-city sharp shocks of excitement there stretches one drawn-out....... more
Following her two critically acclaimed albums « Dark Undercoat » (2008) and « Victorian America » (2009), EMILY JANE WHITE's newest album « Ode To Sentience » was written in San Francisco and Oakland and recorded / mixed in four different studios in the San Francisco bay area by Ross Harris and Emily.
Emily's latest album « Victorian America » was arranged during rehearsal, this new album was arranged directly in the studio and recorded in a more spontaneous fashion. Most of the same band members from the last record played on this third full-lenght: James Finch Jr (bass), Carey Lamprecht (violin), Henry Nagle (lap steel / pedal steel / electric guitar), Jen Grady (cello / vocals), Ross Harris (drums).
« Ode To Sentience » is a very personal record where EMILY chose to explore the sentimental qualities of past experiences. « I found catharsis in creating these songs » she says. « They speak to the emotional simplicity and complexity of human relationship. I chose to call the record 'Ode To Sentience' because it is the capacity to feel that creates a shared human experience of music. We all share the potency of music by having the capacity to feel, and I found the simplicity of this fact very beautiful ».
10 sumptuous, unclurreted and captivating ballads.
With positive coverage in Uncut, Spin or Rolling Stone and with a large European fan base, EMILY JANE WHITE will do a 7 weeks tour in Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain and Benelux from early november to late december 2010.
Emily Jane White was raised in Fort Bragg, California, a seaside town nestled in the misty, secluded woodland of the Mendocino Coast where old men tell stories about logging and young girls dream of San Francisco. Time moves slowly in Fort Bragg, where in place of big-city sharp shocks of excitement there stretches one drawn-out....... more