Emily Smart is a master craftsmaker of "rainy day" music. Typically consisting of light, breezy, and relaxing melodies created by subtle acoustic guitar. Smart's songs are a balanced blend of genres, including acoustic, folk and indie pop.
Despite the slight physical presence, Smart has an emotional inheritance in her vocals that is both simultaneously a soft whisper and a raging soul. Her lyrical intellect is stunning, focusing on love, longing, hope, regret and sorrow as her main themes. All this she delivers with the clear delicate voice of an ethereal poet and the strains of shining pop. Emily's beautifully structured songs boast uncluttered arrangements with surprising little moments.
On stage her presence is undeniably compelling. She has been described as having amazing charisma, wooing her audiences with lyrical embraces, spine tingling vocals and catchy melodies. Smart's background in music and drama also provides her songs and performances with a light sense of theatricality.
In a very short time Emily has managed to become one of South Australia's most watched up and coming acoustic soloists - playing gigs at venues all around Adelaide and receiving national airplay.
Emily has quickly gained respect in the music industry throughout Australia, and with an ever-growing demand for her live performances she has made the decision to collaborate with The Clever Girls whilst on tour to complete her sound. The Clever Girls, three equally talented musicians, are Hamish Cox (keyboard), Matt Nikic (bass) and Benny Smith (drums). In recent times Emily has gained regular airplay on Nova, Triple J and ABC radio and her EP has been showered with 5 star reviews by both the music and media industries.
Her debut solo EP 'The Escape Plan', supported by Arts SA, was released in early 2007, and has been described as beautifully crafted - with its outstanding, memorable and moving lyrics it is impossible to ignore Smart's message. However, she describes her music as delicate, colourful poetry.
Self-produced, 'The Escape Plan' has already garnered praise from industry professionals in USA, England and Australia. Her sophisticated original compositions combine pop melodies with exciting rhythms and interesting quirks, while her lyrics communicate fragility, joy, interpersonal conflict, resilience and hope.
Passionately vibrant, Emily Smart, with her richly moving voice and charming music, is destined for stardom. Discover and enjoy the timeless and hypnotic experience as Emily Smart takes you through the emotional spectrum from joy, love, sorrow and despair in her debut EP 'The Escape Plan'.
