Sweet London-based singer/songwriter Emma-Lee Moss, a.k.a. Emmy the Great, finally releases debut EP My Bad. Seems like Ms. Great has been spending more time making her presence known on the live music market, having spent most of her time supporting heavy-hitter acts like Martha Wainwright, Mystery Jets, and Jamie T (to name a few) rather than release a full-length record. Often discovered collaborating with a wide range of other artists as a rather prominent figure of the anti-folk scene, it’s hard to believe that this is merely her debut, but it’s a glowing release nonetheless.

Following last year’s Secret Circus seven-inch, My Bad EP features a five-track treat of delicate acoustic poesy-prose. With its quirky charismatic, home-made quality, Emmy delivers sugar-coated sayings in pretty packaging, complete with dainty strings and twinkling background harmonies. Despite sounding undeniably and inevitably youthful, don’t mistake her appealing adolescence for naivety or lack of craft, for her knack for a tight turn of phrase is simply irrefutable.

While taking advantage of the small time frame that is the EP, Emmy goes from quaint spirituality of Easter Parade to the ironic humour in MIA, to the old-fashioned love song City Song, expressing compassionate range and poise. The delightful consistency of soft guitar strumming compliments her soft, pretty voice that oh-so-sweetly vibrates to emphasize certain words here and there. Fragile as butterfly wings, it’s a musical experience fit for quiet summertime picnic at the park. Wrapped in D.I.Y. allure and home-fashioned modesty, Emmy the Great’s My Bad EP sparkles with intimate tenderness and thoughtful melody.