Music can reduce you to tears from its sheer beauty to its utter pain. You simply cannot avoid it. You have that song that makes you cry from pain immediately, and you have one that makes you weep with joy the moment you hear it. Certain parts of the song just fill you with such heightened emotion. This is one of the many many reasons as to why music pretty much rules my life, and always leaves me in awe.

Music can also give you a sense of nostalgia. A feeling that is hard to put into music, but when an artist does it the right way; it is a truly beautiful thing. This is why I have a lot of love and admiration for Anja McCloskey. Her voice just fills you with nostalgia and takes you positively back to the past. I firmly believe that the past should never be touched upon again, but there are certain parts that you just cannot ignore. Anja McCloskey makes you feel okay with visiting it all over again. You have no bad feelings towards it, it just causes a smile to emerge. That’s all you can ask for.

You get this feeling straight away from her new single, Italian Song. As an Italian, I loved the song before I heard it. That’s just my biased opinion coming through again. Every now and then it happens. I use it for the good, never the bad. You should always do things for the good reasons. Maybe this is why not many things go my way but hey- got a pure heart.

The video to Italian Song perfectly compliments the song. It is delicate, hopeful and just makes you feel good. You cannot ask for more from a piece of music.

I like songs that are a bit eerie, I like music videos to be the same. If it sounds demonic in some kind of delicate manner, I will probably love it. This is why I love Anja’s music. It is so beautiful. I don’t really listen to much acoustic kind of music anymore because I’m starting to find the vast majority of it boring and enough to make me want to hurl myself at a bus. Which is a bit of a bugger because I’m not a miserable person. I just don’t like singers that sound like they are in pain/warbling words that sound pretentious, and shit.

I love Anja’s music because she’s the opposite of all this. She’s probably the only artist of this genre that I an listen to over and over again, and not get bored.

A Kiss is out next week (16th January.) BUY IT.

She carefully tugs at your heartstrings with her music, making you feel as if she is singing to you. And only you.

Last year, one of my loves was a wonderful band called Thomas Tantrum. David from the band has worked with Anja on her new track, A Kiss. A beautiful, haunting and captivating track. There’s no video at the moment (SOON!) But you can listen to it here :http://emmspublicityblog.com/2011/11/08/listen-to-anja-mccloskeys-new-single-a-kiss/

Now, as someone who has grown quite sick and tired of acoustic based music. At the moment it just seems so dull and really boring. I won’t mention names because people don’t like it when you have an opinion. However, Anja McCloskey is neither dull nor boring. Her music is exciting, and much needed. By rights, she should be HUGE this year. However we are forced to enjoy manufactured bullshit that is churned out (or spat out) by reality TV shows. Basically, if you care about music that has true heart and passion- Anja McCloskey is for you. And yes, she was once in the band, The Irrepressibles.

You can buy her EP from here : http://sotones.co.uk/new-site/?page_id=185

Her debut full length album is expected to be out this Summer. Worth the wait? More than likely.