ALBUM PREMIERE: Em Burrows – ‘Invisible Seams’

Embracing electronic rhythm elements and samples, WA-based pop singer-songwriter Em Burrows has delivered a compelling debut album.

The Perth artist was channelling “obscure” Spanish soul bands from the ‘60s while writing most of the songs on Invisible Seams.

“Soul is such happy music and I really love the bass lines in particular - everything in the tune will hang off the bass,” Burrows told The Music.

“I started writing bass lines really early in the songwriting process for this record actually because I loved how it gave the songs an identity and a feel straight away.

“Then I'd carve out the chord structures from that and layer it with other sounds like synths and what not.”

It’s a collection of songs that explore who humans make connections.

"It's sort of me sifting through my life and working out why I attach meaning to some things and not to others and realising that some things may not have a specific purpose but they're still part of the larger fabric of how we make meaning from life.

“It sounds deep but, really, they're just pop songs."

Invisible Seams is out March 19 via Group Therapy Records.