Emil & Friends Premieres Video For "Prescriptions" On Metromix || Album Release Party Wednesday Novemeber 2nd At Lorelay In Brooklyn ||"Lo & Behold" Out NOW On Cantora Records

Emil & Friends Premiere Video For "Prescriptions" On Metromix, Featuring Unreleased Track "Let Your Heart"

Record Release Party Next Wednesday, November 2nd At Lorelay Brooklyn, 8PM
Debut LP Lo & Behold Out Now On Cantora Records

Media Click Here To View "Prescriptions" Video On Metromix Click Here To Listen To & Download "Crystal Ball" On My Old Kentucy Blog Click Here To Listen To "Prescriptions" On RollingStone.com Press "full of vibrant sounds that can make the summer seem endless." - Rollingstone.com "day-glo superhero" - Pitchfork “a funky, folky, almost-electronic pop that’s hard to qualify but easy to start bopping along to.” – AOL Spinner “he is the PBR-soaked Dr.Luke of the indie world and a must watch artist of 2010.” – Stark Online “EP shamelessly and guilefully pursues hook after hook, utilizing a broad palette of musical textures from slinky guitar lines and nimble scales to bright midi keyboard accents.” – Lithium “is just the genre-bending, time-traveling, pop-rock-electro-folk “produsingermusicianista”…Hewitt’s production is spotless, and his melodies mellifluous.” – Best New Bands   Tracklisting Flashback Crystal Ball Endless Waves Typing Machine Prescriptions C.U.P.I.D Rain Check Ali Baba Cat's Pajamas Mask Like Face Lo & Behold Upcoming NYC Shows 11/2 - Record Release Party @ Lorelay 11/26 - Le Poisson Rouge ********************** Who is Emil & Friends? In 2008, the Wikipedia page of actor Emile Hirsch informed us that his “band goes by the name of Emil and Friends and is currently touring the United States.” Ever a beacon of factual credibility, Wikipedia was innocently reflecting rumors started by one rapscallion, Emil Hewitt, who was the real Emil behind the music, and who had propagated the hoax in a shameless effort to get his music heard. And the story of Emil & Friends came into our world thusly–via a fuzzy, falsified connection to a celebrity. Fortunately, the backstory was accompanied by music bright with fresh basslines, colorful guitar riffs and the whimsical charm of Emil’s vocals. Three years and many buzzy HypeMachine remixes later, after moving to New York and refining his sound, Emil has established himself as a riser in the NYC music scene. The artist formerly known as Emile releases his full-length debut Lo and Behold on Cantora Records. Somewhere at the confluence of Emil’s chief inspirations–Queen, French house music and Timbaland–blended together with his flair for musical theater, he arrives at Lo and Behold, an eccentric musical journey he self-classifies as weird Pop. Beginning to end, the album is deliciously fantastical and schizophrenic, from the loungy banger “C.U.P.I.D.” to the dreamy ballad “Prescriptions,” to the disco shaker “Raincheck.” Emil’s debut is an exotic palette of musical moods, with tracks that sizzle, others that stir, and others still that soothe. So who is Emil & Friends? Both a man and a myth. A con-man and a connoisseur. A mixologist and a remixer. A rising star and a star stalker. Overall, and perhaps ironically so given Emil’s fabricated identity, what shines most brightly on Emil’s debut is his own personality. He approaches each song with a distinct persona, and when held as a collection of songs, in Emil we find a highly relatable and transparent voice–the product of a generation as fickle and fragmented as the album itself. ************************* http://www.myspace.com/emilandfriends