‘Island Soul’ is the third single to come from critically acclaimed Hertfordshire singer-songwriter Terry Emm’s forthcoming fourth album ‘Wish You Were Here’, due out May 19th. ‘Island Soul’ is a departure from the previous two singles ‘Wish You Were Here’ and ‘November Evenings’, which are both richly woven melancholic Americana tracks.
‘Island Soul’, however, is a joyous calypso built on nylon strung guitar and an infectious shuffling rhythmic groove, with Emm’s storytelling bringing emotions through amongst the lazy surf-folk vibes. Maz O’Connor’s sweet guest vocals elevate the repeating hummed sections throughout this story of an Island romance.
On the song, Emm said, “I love the atmosphere of staying in a hotel and it’s somewhere where I often find inspiration to write. There’s a certain mystery in the air as to who might also be staying there and who I might meet. When I wrote ‘Island Soul’, I was thinking slightly of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Chelsea Hotel’, but it’s also loosely based on an old demo song I wrote as a teenager about wanting to escape to live on an Island.”
Produced by and featuring the instrumental talents of Lukas Drinkwater, ‘Island Soul’ is sure to turn heads with its colourful beach-ready sound and catchy hooks. The vibrant animated video for the track, created by Sam Wisternoff and Holly McIntosh, is a hazy daydream of dancing crabs and mermaids as Emm imagines disappearing to live on his very own desert Island. It’s another exciting single of what’s shaping up to be a gorgeous and unpredictable fourth album from Emm.
Emm’s three album releases to date have received praise from the likes of BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris, BBC 6 Music’s Chris Hawkins, Gideon Coe & Tom Robinson, MOJO Magazine, Uncut Magazine, The Guardian and many more, but despite the critical acclaim, somehow Emm’s music has still remained very much under the radar.
However, in 2021, Emm’s song ‘Gently’ was featured at a key moment in the narrative of award-winning Toronto-based author Jacquelyn Middleton’s Amazon #1 best-selling novel ‘The Certainty Of Chance’, proving the ability of his music to travel around the globe and perhaps hinting at a change in the tide for his career.
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