Search - Ember Schrag :: A Cruel, Cruel Woman

Ember Schrag s debut album celebrates the particular emptiness of a back porch on a quiet evening with thunderheads approaching from the west. This folk artist s unaffected vocals lend dignity to the quiet places and moments we ve complicated with emotion and expectation. Informed by surreal prairie landscapes, misremembered Bible stories, and a love that follows like a longing child, the album s literate yet plainspoken lyrics will haunt you like a hand grenade in a crowded room. Skilled guitar arrangements gain potency through poise in these songs that are sometimes mysterious, at other times wrenchingly frank.