03 | 01 emma kupa
Artwork by Nicolas Burrows, layout by David Galletly
emma kupa
A singular voice in UK indie-pop for more than a decade, Emma Kupa has created seven blistering albums of good times and heart-ache, has toured around the world, and supported the music of others through her work with the seminal Indietracks Festival, and Grrls Rock Camp.
Following her beginnings with Sheffield’s power-trio thrill seekers Standard Fare, to her breezy collaborations with Hefner’s Darren Hayman in The Hayman Kupa Band, and presently the robust rock explorations of Mammoth Penguins, Emma came to release her captivating debut solo album, It Will Come Easier (Fika Recordings) between lockdowns, in September 2020.
Traveling from her home of Ely, in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, to the Isle of Eigg in late-June of 2021, Emma created a mini-album of emotional lo-fi guitar-driven bothy ballads and whimsical croft-pop; songs that pine for a sense of belonging, the company of loved ones, and dreaming of another world.
SIDE A
1. INSTRUMENTAL (2.40)
2. ISLAND FOUNDATION STEWARDESS (3.58)
3. SOME DREAMS TAKE LONGER THAN OTHERS (1.32)
4. HIM (3.06)
SIDE B
5. SO WEIRD (1.38)
6. I HOPE (2.36)
7. AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN THE HEBRIDES (2.37)
8. BEST FRIEND (2.20)
9. CCTV (3.14)
RECORDED AT ST FRANNY’S BOTHAN ON THE ISLE OF EIGG, 24TH JUNE - 1ST JULY 2021
Mastered by Ross McGowan
Buy Visitations 03|01 emma kupa
If you've read our newsletter, or listened to the podcast, you'll already know that we are continuing our VISITATIONS residency programme through PostMap Club. We invite musicians over to Eigg, to write and record new music - which we share with you, dear listeners.
A limited-edition cassette version Emma Kupa’s music was released on 17th June 2022. This very limited first run of cassettes comes with some additional photo-postcards. £10.
THE ENTIRE SERIES 3 - ALSO AVAILABLE AS A BUNDLE. All three tapes from the series, by Emma Kupa, Makeness and Alliyah Enyo, packed with exclusive photo-postcards, artwork by Nicolas Burrows and a VISITATIONS pencil. £30.
PostMap Club members, use your monthly code for a 15% discount!
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emma kupa Interview
The Lost Map Podcast is presented by Pictish Trail, produced and edited by Joe Cormack.
Emma chatted to us about her experience on the Isle of Eigg in Episode 4 of Series 4 of the Lost Map Podcast.
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