Regent Street Records (label)
23 November 2023 (released)
09 November 2023
Emma and the Fragments are a female-fronted indie rock band based in East London. They have been in the business of making music for a decade and, we have their latest single “Lonely Star”, taken from their upcoming EP ‘Beneath the Polite Surface’.
From the intro, you can hear a range of rock influences taken from 80s, 90s and early 2000s. Undoubtedly, with a female lead vocalist, they get compared to Blondie and Siouxsie and the Banshees all the time. Listening to “Lonely Star”, I felt a wave of familiarity. As a fan of anthemic indie-rock, it was reminiscent of the early Ash and Garbage. Emma and The Fragments move you along this track with relative ease; as their infectious and catchy melodies culminate to a raucous conclusion. I bet it sounds phenomenal live.
The track is accompanied by a memorable animated video which brings the emotion and imagery of the song to life with the central character of a star, longing to fit in with the world which surrounds it.
They released major milestones over the past couple years including ‘Back To Blue’ and ‘Circle of Concern’ as they secured Radio Wigwam’s Best Indie Rock Band in 2021, and new fan favourites like ‘No Hope For Love’ (2022) and ‘Bizarre Blood’ (2023) which premiered on BBC Introducing alongside an interview with Emma.
