See Emily Play

Sheffield-born singer-songwriter See Emily Play’s artfully-constructed songs draw inspiration from indie, alt-country, and chamber-pop. Her lyrics explore mental health and unconventional romances with a self-effacing humour and complex feminism. Glenn Gregory of Heaven 17 describes the multi-instrumentalist as a “Kate Bush in Waiting”. Emily is a seasoned performer, having shared a stage with The 1975 and Catfish and the Bottlemen, as well as providing vocals for I Monster’s Jarrod Gosling’s Regal Worm, Little Man Tate’s Jon Windle and Liverpool artist Drew Friel. The Guardian has described her “extraordinary” performances that “demand attention”. Emily’s unique vocals have graced the airwaves of BBC 6Music, Amazing Radio, BBC Radio Merseyside and BBC Radio Sheffield. Now based in Liverpool, and listed as one of the city’s “Best New Artists” by Boot Music Magazine, Emily has recently collaborated with producer Rob Whiteley (BC Camplight, The Wombats) on her third EP, Still Playing. The results brim with Emily’s hallmark rich melodies, but stylistically owe much to 80s New Wave and 90s Nashville. The EP’s first single, ‘YOKO ONO WAS SEVEN YEARS OLDER THAN JOHN’, was met with acclaim from reviewers and fans alike.