Music Review
Band: Emily Maguire
Title: Keep Walking

Alternative / Acoustic / Indie

Emily Maguire is an extremely jpgted English singer-songwriter-instrumentalist based on a farm in the Australian bush. ‘Keep Walking’ is her 2nd album.

Emily’s voice is a gorgeous! Think of Tracey Thorn’s (Everything But The Girl), Dido’s and Paula Cole’s vocals equally mixed. The lyrics are candid, warm, and endearingly heart-on-sleeve. The musical arrangements are lovely as well… and they convey emotion & depth just as much as Emily does vocally & lyrically. Christian Dunham plays the bass, Shane Nesic plays the drums and Emily plays the cello, viola and violin.

All 12 tracks are pleasing but my personal favorites on ‘Keep Walking’ are:

‘All That You Wanted’ put a lump in my throat and brought tears to my eyes. This track is absolutely beautiful but at the same time it’s a powerful song about desperation and disappointment. This is such a personal song, and was obviously written about someone specific, but I’m confident that this track would strike a personal chord with anyone at some level and at some point in their lives.

‘One Good Thing’ – I really love this track! It’s more rock n’ roll than the others and although it’s about heartbreak it sheds some insight in a humorous way.

‘TV To Take It All Away’ – For me, this song shakes you into thinking about your reality: what’s really important, time that’s been wasted, and deceit versus truth.

‘Passing By’, ‘Wanted’, 'Keep Walking', and ‘Back Home’ are other highlights.
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