Let Em' Talk: Emmi from Baby Brave guides us through new E.P 'Sunny Days in Dark Rooms'

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It's taken Wrexham-based Noise Pop band Baby Brave quite some time to bring current E.P Sunny Days in Dark Rooms into the world. The band - comprising of singer/guitarist Emmi Manteau, guitarist and  producer Steve Nicholls, bassist Andrew Stokes and drummer Jason Williams - had written and fleshed out the majority of the tracks by the back end of the Pandemic. The band had long been admired by Chester stalwarts Mai 68 Records and a collaboration delayed the release, but gave the band time to craft their live sound further.

With influences ranging from Blondie and PJ Harvey to Fever Ray and Talking Heads, the band's writing has matured significantly on Sunny Days in Dark Rooms and has found them reaching into new realms for inspiration. We talked to Emmi after the EP's release at the back end of October and she gave us these insights into how the songs came together.

1) Bombatomic

A summer anthem! With it's strong disco beats, this song is hopeful that we will see the dance floor again, ideally by a sunny beach with a G&T! It can only be described as a I dream I had during the dark days of Lockdown. 

2) Doctor

Written (pre-covid) in 8 hours by Steve and I, as part of Steve's PHD research. Partly composed by an AI algorithim, the very human lyrics deal with the struggle of living with someone suffering from depression, how we want to be able to save them from themselves and the hope that we can make them 'better' - whatever that may feel or look like. Jason and Stokes then added their drum and bass parts to pad out the sound. We made a video for this track that featured footage of a drone in Snowdonia; it really encapsulated the loneliness and isolation of the track. 


3) Pheonix

This is a song about knowing that you'll survive after a break-up - and not only survive, but thrive.

4) Bronco

The longest song on the EP, 'Bronco' feels like a journey. This song is about a wrestle between two lovers, one holds onto the other tightly, despite being thrown around. The electronic house-style outro repeats the line What is wrong with me? I can't seem to let go as the track fades out.

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