NEW IN MUSIC | TUSKS launches 'Dissolve'
"The red-blooded ode ripples with post-punk furore and dank, murky rhythms..." - The Line of Best Fit "TUSKS has made more than a few waves with her atmospheric, emotion-drenched first offerings." - DIY "Like her 'One Little Indian' label-mate Björk, Emily Underhill is fully in control of her craft, weaving together beautiful, glacial pop songs from guitar, voice and programming." - Red Bull
With her debut album 'Dissolve' released 13th October, TUSKS (aka Emily Underhill) builds on her towering musical vision. Created alongside longtime co-producer Brett Cox, her rich visual imagination with its cinematic enormity and resplendent detail is the work of a young artist mastering the nuances of her craft, a journey which began in her early teens. We're loving that Tusks shared the final track on the album - an unexpected addition that is a cover of Foals' 'London Thunder'. "I never planned for this to go on the album, but we had a spare half an hour at the end of a recording session at Lightship so we decided to just try out a live take. Luckily we got it in one and it felt right to finish the album with it."
From a young age, her voracious appetite for music has taken in artists as disparate as Bonobo, Explosions in the Sky, and Foals, and the result is a sound that resists pigeon-holing. It’s the assemblage of all her experiences as an artist and as a person that get distilled in her powerful, glacial sound, which has been praised across the spectrum by tastemakers including Wonderland, MixMag, The Line Of Best Fit, Annie Mac, MistaJam and Lauren Laverne and nabbed her a spring tour with the impressive Icelandic singer songwriter Asgeir. Debut album 'Dissolve' is heady and ambitious, not so much the sum of its influences as an outward projection of its creator. It’s the purest distillation of Underhill as a person, and it strikes a uniquely human chord through its melodies, which are at once comfortingly familiar and refreshing. UPCOMING SHOWS
1 NOV - Reykjavik, IS - Iceland Airwaves 15 NOV - London, UK - Kamio Tickets available from https://store.tusks.eu/live Album pre-order available from tusks.eu Pre-order with bundles: store.tusks.eu/shop
