Description:

The long-awaited debut album by Emma Jean Thackray, a brilliant woman of the new generation jazz scene who has made a name for herself alongside Jorja Smith, Ezra Collective, and Nubia Garcia, is finally ready! After introducing a spiritual and dance floor-oriented sound to jazz on her two EPs released in 2020, "Um Yang" and "Rain Dance," she takes it a step further into new territory with this album. The album is a masterful sound of fragments and ecstatic melodic singing by brass, strings, and chorus, and the deep and dense sound even gives the impression of a live performance. The debut album draws a vivid line between 70's jazz fusion and P-funk, or the vast and boundless prayer music of Sun Ra and Alice Coltrane, and the brilliant orchestral arrangements of the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds". The Japanese CD includes a commentary and bilingual lyrics, and an additional bonus track, "Road Trip To Saturn".

Tracklisting:

01 - Mercury
02 - Say Something
03 - About That
04 - Venus
05 - Green Funk
06 - Third Eye
07 - May There Be Peace
08 - Sun
09 - Golden Green
10 - Spectre
11 - Rahu & Ketu
12 - Yellow
13 - Our People
14 - Mercury (In Retrograde)
15 - Road Trip To Saturn (Bonus Track)