The Emergency is one of my favourite Australian bands. They remind me that electronic music can be done sans cheese. Their songs have the everlasting qualities of early Depeche Mode and Cabaret Voltaire mixed with the new minimal dance beats of bands like Glass Candy and The Chromatics. The low subtle vocals are a perfect blend of dark and catchy. You'll want to hoist their CD up a flagpole and solute it.
Opening for such bands as Trans Am, ARE Weapons, and Enon, The Emergency have held their place in the Aussie scene since September 2001 and are continuing to make relevant music where so many have failed.
A new 7" will be available soon on Metal Postcard that they claim has "a new wow sound and features us banging a lot of sticks and kitchen utensils and things together. We're very excited about it." So are we! The Emergency play To All The People We Love at Roxanne May 26.
Release: Live
To Cure: A quiet weekend
Keywords: Bands, Electro, To All the People We Love, Roxanne
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