WTM #1143: The Appeal of Emma Peel
wReck thiS meSS ~ Radio Patapoe 88.3
Amsterdam ~ Ethno-Illogical Psycho-Radiographies
23.01.12 // 17.00-18.30
Emma Peel, a Dutch indie pop band, located in Amsterdam and inspired by THE Emma Peel of Avengers fame is an interesting crossroads of influences, sounds, production with jazz, folk, blues, pop, Beatles, rock, fuzzy garage guitars, improv and modern classical influences and flourishes. The band, fronted by Bibian Harmsen and Klaas ten Holt is anything but predictable although enamored of and steeped in harmony and melody with a double shot of melancholy. Bibian is a self-taught DIY female bassist while Klaas learned that he had a gift for and desire to write classical scores and has done so for film, television and interpretations of Shakespeare...
