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Home Cinema

by Emma Kupa

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1.
Consequences 03:47
I was young and scared but I helped you out. I wish that I knew then what I know now. You told me about a movie you said I’d like. You could see right through me and you were right. If only I’d known how good it felt not to be scared all of the time but to be close to someone else is worth any consequences. I couldn’t even look at you and now you’re gone. I was too chickenshit to take you on. You used to come to my backdoor while I was washing up. I was so fucking awkward no wonder you gave up. If only I’d known how good it felt not to be scared all of the time but to be close to someone else is worth any consequences. I should have been braver now I see how rare you are and how weak I’ve been. If I had told you anything, anything at all, but I never did. If only I’d known how good it felt not to be scared all of the time but to be close to someone else is worth any consequences.
2.
Half Sister 03:37
It must be twenty years since I last saw you now, throwing up cherry-ade in my father’s car. Now I find out you’re living four streets down from your grandmother’s Christmas card. Do you have the same skin that burns to a crisp when the clouds part? Do you wake up in the night screaming because of the dangers of the dark? Do you have these blue eyes some people can’t get enough of? Do have a dislike of people that I have sometimes? Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes. Sure would be nice to see you, to have you around, a friend in this town. Do you love somebody with hopeless devotion? Do you feel so much but can’t always show your emotions? Do you like Steve Earle? He’s a country and western singer. Do you ever wonder about me sometimes? Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes. Sure would be nice to see you, to have you around, a friend in this town. Do you even know where you came from? Not some one night stand, but an act of friendship and kindness, never unplanned. Sure would be nice to see you, to have you around, a friend in this town.
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There will come a day when you will go. Early one morning I’ll receive a phonecall and I’ll scream louder than I ever have and everyone will know just what I’ve lost. And no amount of negotiating will bring you back and no amount of hoping will bring you back. There will come a day when you will go. Early one morning I’ll receive a phonecall. It will remind me of the first time I lost someone and it will remind me of the second time I lost someone. And no amount of negotiating will bring you back and no amount of hoping will bring you back. There will come a day when you will go and all the love I have will be out the window. Nothing will be the same and you won’t be there for me. And no amount of negotiating will bring you back and no amount of hoping will bring you back.
4.
Charlie 01:36
Must have had a big heart to embrace us all. Sat on his lap playing piano on the kitchen table he said give what you can and take what you need, don’t lose your faith in humanity. You are my sunshine and we’re just passing through, dreamt I saw Joe Hill last night and now there’s so much to do. My heart’s full of pride, I’ve got this weight on my shoulders. It’s not an easy life, it gets harder as you get older still, give what you can and take what you need, don’t lose your faith in humanity. You are my sunshine and we’re just passing through, dreamt I saw Joe Hill last night and now there’s so much to do.
5.
I’ve watched you beat yourself up for the last three decades. Drugs and drink all soaked up every night every day. Punch a door through, smash a window. Can’t see anyone who’s there. Punch a door through, smash a window. Just don’t feel the despair. I’ve watched you terrify everyone in our car. They all think we’re gonna die overtaking on a corner. Punch a door through, smash a window. Can’t see anyone who’s there. Punch a door through, smash a window. Just don’t feel the despair. I vowed never lose my temper, never scare my family, but when you feel so helpless it’s too easy to get angry. Punch a door through, smash a window. Can’t see anyone who’s there. Punch a door through, smash a window. Just don’t feel the despair. Now you’ve got what you needed I hope you haven’t fucked it up. I still carry all these feelings, I still struggle. Punch a door through, smash a window. Can’t see anyone who’s there. Punch a door through, smash a window. Just don’t feel the despair.
6.
Katie NYC 03:31
Put another jumper on it’s getting too cold in this house. The record player’s broken it play the songs too slow and too loud. We took the fairy lights down, nothing to celebrate come April, May, things got too hard. Spring should be the joy of longer days but it’s not. The warmth in your eyes, your smile will always be with me and the stories of your survival I carry in me. I came to see you I crossed the Atlantic, you were in between treatments. I knew that I loved you, I was able to say it into your ear. All the pain you were in clashed with the glamour of New York City and the way you lived your life, the way you died, with strength and grace was so fitting. The warmth in your eyes, your smile will always be with me and the stories of your survival I carry in me. I received a phonecall, why is it always a phonecall bringing sad news? I wept into my lover’s arms. Grief, mourning the loss of you. The warmth in your eyes, your smile will always be with me and the stories of your survival I carry in me.

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Emma Kupa, former Standard Fare front woman, releases her first solo material on wiaiwya in March 2015.

Home Cinema is a mini album; six songs of spritely jangle-folk-indie-country, about family, death, drink problems, holocaust survivors and communism.

Home Cinema is a succinct, catchy and honest record; it feels like Emma is entrusting you with her closest family secrets, but - damn her - she’s putting them to a tune so infectious there’s nothing you can do to keep them to yourself. Home Cinema features six earworms about members of Emma’s family:

“Katie was my grandmother's cousin who I struck up a friendship with and visited before she died; she had very blue eyes. Charlie was my grandad and a handsome Jewish communist. ‘There Will Come A Day’ is about my mum; she is the serious looking twin on the record’s cover. Her mother (on the far left) died when she was 5.”

Emma has assembled a magnificent band to complement her distinct and expressive vocals on Home Cinema, and they make this record so much more than your indie standard (ahem) fare. Each song is fleshed out by Laura “Ankles” Coles (currently in EIGHT other bands!) on banjo, bass and belt slapping, Mark Boxall on drums and percussion, and Without Feather’s Rory McVicar’s lovely skipping guitar parts.

Emma stepped into the limelight as the lead singer, bass player and songwriter for much loved (and missed) indie heroes Standard Fare, and has since been a front woman in Without Feathers, Mammoth Penguins and the Hayman Kupa Band. What she lacks in quality band names she more than makes up for in intensely personal and irresistibly hummable pop tunes.
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released March 16, 2015

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Emma Kupa England, UK

Emma Kupa currently fronts Mammoth Penguins, and The Hayman Kupa Band alongside Darren Hayman. She initially made her name with Standard Fare, who called it a day at the peak of their success in 2013. Kupa’s insightful warmth, eye for lyrical detail and powerful, idiosyncratic voice has made her a firm favourite amongst fans and critics alike. ... more

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