The union of raunch and beauty can serve as the only comparison to the love of contrasting sounds that combine to form Emily Hagihara's self -proclaimed "faux-pop."
The presence of both an edge and fragility in her sound yields a precipitate that leaves show goers satisfied in having scratched a new mental itch.
As a trained and applauded percussionist, Hagihara makes use of her exceptional talent and understanding of rhythm and meter in both songwriting and performances which are backed by three additional multi-talented musicians: all-in-all 3 percussionists and a classical pianist who have taken their training and elaborated unto at least 2 others each, switching keyboardist to drummer to bassist to guitarist and adding in some electronics to boot.
Hagihara's latest creation, Marbles, will certainly extract a heady response from both the listeners new to Hagihara and those that have become admirers from her time spent in Lexington, Kentucky. Produced by Duane Lundy (Scourge of the Sea, Parlour Boys, The Apparitions), Marbles will be released in February 2007 and will undoubtedly see Hagihara breaking out of her Kentucky address taking Marbles out on tour in the coming months.
