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New EP iron mountain Out January 26, 2024
The dual themes of both acceptance and transformation sit at the heart of iron mountain, Emma Ayzenberg’s follow-up to her powerful debut 2022 EP, Animus, originally released under the name Emma Ayz. The four-song EP, out January 26, 2024, was crafted in Los Angeles with a stunning lineup of musicians including both Luke Temple (Hand Habits, Allegra Krieger, Art Feynman) and Carly Bond (Meernaa) as producers, and features Greg Uhlmann (Perfume Genius, Fell Runner) on guitar, Sam Kauffman-Skloff (Angel Olsen, Miya Folick, St. Vincent) and Jorge Balbi (Sharon Van Etten, Olivia Kaplan) on drums, and Pat Kelly (Perfume Genius, St. Vincent, MARINA) on bass. The musicianship serves as the foundation for Ayzenberg’s songcraft, the vehicle through which she reflects on personal agency and resilience, exploring the realizations that have come as she’s followed a fascination for Jungian psychology, grown into her queerness, and processed both personal and generational trauma.
After releasing her first single “hero,” a contemplative ode for climate justice, today Emma drops the second single, “lucile.” She tells Under the Radar, “Over the last few years, I’ve become fascinated with Jungian psychology and in my study of it have come to understand that memory often takes the shape of dreams and nightmares. On ‘lucile,’ I process the memories and shame of a relationship that turned abusive. For about 8 years I had a recurring dream about it which became the backdrop for this song. I am grateful that music is where we can speak the unspeakable…”
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