Emma-Jean Thackray

Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow

Released 23rd July 2021. The debut album by Emma-Jean Thackray feels exactly like the sort of thi...

Released 23rd July 2021. The debut album by Emma-Jean Thackray feels exactly like the sort of thing we’ve been longing for over the last 12 months: a transcendent, human, shared experience. Across its 49 minutes, Yellow draws glowing lines between ‘70s jazz fusion and P-Funk, the cosmic invocations of Sun Ra and Alice Coltrane, and the gorgeous orchestration of the Beach Boys. “I wanted the whole thing to sound like a psychedelic trip,” explains Thackray. “You put on the first track, it takes...