Emily Hurd
Daytime Fireflies
Self-released
www.emilyhurd.com
The very things that attract us to a potential mate – tend to be the same things that eventually become the most annoying habits or affectations that person possesses.
Emily Hurd is a smart and gifted songwriter who has released a collection of bold and textured songs. Her quirk is a lisp that whistles at times while it is almost completely inaudible on other songs.
I am not – by any means – making fun of Hurd – I am curious why she plays it up on some cuts and downplays it on others. She creates these sweet little moody pieces of music that draw you in either through a rolling melody that tugs at the heartstrings or by visual images that read like Don Robertson vignettes.
There are moments where her dramatic flair delves into the melodramatic – but her lilting voice and the innocence in her delivery forgive any misstep.
The title cut “Daytime Fireflies” combines a vintage show-tune with some later Beatles’ orchestral fidgeting. Lyrically it is filled with irony (literary irony as opposed to the misnomer that Alanis M. sang about a number of years ago) that makes the listener think – and then smile to themselves as they unravel the idea within the musical context.
Emily Hurd is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stuffy and redundant indie scene. “Daytime Fireflies” will make excellent summer listening. With luck, she’ll record a solid autumn album. In the meantime, visit your independent music source and buy this.
Standout Out Tracks
Kids in Red Wagons
Cover Blown
Daytime Fireflies
