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    Emily Magpie Explores The Need For Protest And The Importance Of BLM Marches Of Recent Years In Evocative New Single: ReFocus

    Emily Magpie Explores The Need For Protest And The Importance Of BLM Marches Of Recent Years In Evocative New Single: ReFocus

    Following on from a broad and exciting array of releases over the last few years, which have seen her gather support from the likes of BBC 6Music, Earmilk, Clash, DIY and so many more, fast-rising artist Emily Magpie has now returned to deliver the vivid new single “ReFocus” through her new home on Silent Kid Records.

    Exploring the energy of a public protest, building around collected chants from the BLM movement in Bristol and internationally, “ReForward” makes for a brilliantly compelling listen. Filled with her usual and inventive approach to production that feels almost alien to anything else out there at the moment, she creates a wonderfully vivid sound that looks to push the boundaries of her art even further than before.

    As the second instrumental single in her upcoming project, “ReFocus” sees Emily manipulating found sounds and creating immersive sonic worlds, honing in on her signature production style inspired by artists such as The Sundrop Garden, Romare, and Sudan Archives.

    Speaking about the new release, she said, “’ReFocus’ was created after some of the BLM and Kill the Bill protests in Bristol. I remember the energy of the call and response in the crowd, how a new chant would spark and spread and build and build and the feeling of it growing in that moment and knowing it was growing globally was incredible. There was a feeling of change and anger and possibility and I thought how vital that energy is. How vital protest is for democracy.”

    Emily Magpie is also set to perform at a number of U.K. festivals later this year. See the full list of where to catch her below.

    Emily Magpie U.K. Festival Dates

    8th July — Exeter Library Lates

    12th July — The Crown, Bristol

    16th July — Bristol Harbourside Festival

    23rd July — Bluedot Festival

    29th July — Altitude Festival

    10-14th August — Boomtown Festival

    18th-21st August — Green Man Festival

    Emily Magpie is a dream pop artist and producer from Bristol with a unique ability to create glittering spacial soundscapes that shimmer endlessly as brooding swirls of electronics and effervescent melodies intertwine with songwriting delving into different dimensions. Having been championed by the likes of Tom Robinson on BBC Radio 6, Earmilk, and Mahogany, she has been described by The Line of Best Fit as “spine-tingly special”. Her track “Last Train” received over 90,000 plays on Spotify.

    Spending the last few years playing solo as a support act for artists such as This Is The Kit and Let’s Eat Grandma, and everywhere from Green Man Festival and Boomtown Festival in the U.K. she returned in 2021 with a dynamic + exciting full band experience which has already played several sold out headline shows including Sebright Arms as well as Dot to Dot Festival and FOCUS Wales where the band were picked out as one of God is in the TV’s festival highlights.

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