The newest single from Melbourne alt-country artist Jemma Nicole is the story of a reckless man on the run leaving a trail of destruction behind him. ‘Guilty and Free’ is a dark rocker and in this new clip created by Andrew Watson at Semiconductor Media, Jemma turns the tale around and plays the character of the careless runabout, collecting and destroying hearts with her band of babes. It’s a fun take on quite a dark song.
She’ll be launching this single from her acclaimed debut album ‘My Darkest Hour’ with a free show at The B.East in Melbourne on Saturday 18th March from 9.30pm. Support from the wonderful Tom Dockray.
Haunting and beautiful, Jemma Nicole’s gritty, country noir is born from a love of sad songs and the darker side of Americana. Imagine Nick Cave and Hope Sandoval on a double date with Glenn Danzig and King Dude with Johnny Cash waiting the table. You’re getting close.
Her first full length release since her 2013 EP ‘Kill My Ghost’, ‘My Darkest Hour’ was recorded with Simon Moro of Ninetynine100 (Lanie Lane, Lisa Miller, Vance Joy) at Black Pearl Studios. The album features Joshua Barber (Gotye, Archie Roach) on drums, TK Reeve (Tom Dockray) on bass, Hannah Foley (Lulu and the Page Turners) on violin, Fabian Hunter (Baby Blue, Maddy Leman, Coastbusters) on guitar and Billy Mathieson on keys. The album also includes a co-write with local songwriter Lachlan Bryan (Lachlan Bryan and the Wildes) and a song written by Melbourne Americana star, Gretta Ziller as well as a cover of Jemma’s favourite Dolly Parton tune ‘Jolene’ as a bonus live studio acoustic version. Released in June 2016, the album received great reviews from Australian media, including Rolling Stone and has firmly established Jemma as a darkand unique voice on the Americana scene.
Jemma has been an integral part of the Melbourne Americana scene since 2010. She was invited to perform at the Americana Festival in Nashville in 2014, playing at the famous Bluebird Cafe. She performed at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in 2015 and returned as part of the Deep Down South Melbourne tour group in 2016. She is a member of the If You See Her, Say Hello choir who performed two sold out shows at Melbourne Fringe Festival 2015 and recently featured at the Adelaide Fringe Festival Spiegeltent in 2016.
Launching at The B.East
Saturday 18th March 9.30pm with support from Tom Dockray
Free entry