Exile in the Outer Ring
Erika M. Anderson’s third solo album is a surreal and powerful story about political alienation. Her character-driven songs of noise, folk, and pop music thrum with rage and fear.
EMA began writing her dark but ultimately hopeful new album, Exile In The Outer Ring, before the presidential election, but it can’t help but feel like a reaction to the Trump era. It even has a song called “Aryan Nation”—“Go back home to below your station / Like a refugee from the Aryan nation”—but Exile In The…
Exile in the Outer Ring is a sober journey where EMA grabs her feelings and turns them into a state where music is feelings and feelings are music.
EMA has frequently dealt with tough, controversial topics, but on Exile in the Outer Ring Erika M Anderson has all but perfected a delicate balance.
There's a simple elegance to Erika M. Anderson's music, produced under the name EMA.
The third album from US artist EMA - Erika M. Anderson - is a squalling LP that combines humanity and rage to create its success.
Review of 'Exile In The Outer RIng' by EMA :On our review of 'Exile In The Outer RIng' EMA manages to explore without becoming lost in her sound.
Explores the the violent, hateful fury that’s lurked in long-ignored American locales.