Speaking of Elliott Smith, “Pretty (Ugly Before)” guest musician Aaron Embry has a new solo record due next month that’s shaping up to be one of the best singer-songwriter LPs of the year. Embry first piqued our interest back in January with “Your Heart and Mine,” an original live tune followed six months later by a taste of … Read more
In January, we introduced Aaron Embry by way of a modest, tenor guitar-backed take on “Your Heart And Mine,” an original cut sewn together by his timeless sense of melody and tender vocals. More promising tunes followed in live form, but now the studio record is done, dubbed Tiny Prayers and set for release on September … Read more
It looks like Aaron Embry has been floating just beneath my radar for years: producing Avi Buffalo’s debut, performing in the evolving lineup of Ed Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and — in the most unforgivably overlooked collaboration — playing keyboard on Elliott Smith’s “Pretty (Ugly Before)” single. That song, as any fellow Smith obsessive … Read more