Emma Lee-Moss, aka Emmy The Great, has undergone a musical transformation in the three-and-a-half years since her second solo album, Virtue.
Anyone in a sold-out Green Door Store expecting the folksie, acoustic and at times almost spoken word offerings that characterised her previous releases was in for a shock.
The sparse beats and surprisingly chunky synths of opener Algorithm set the tone - with flickering images of Lee projected on a back drop, shadowing her two-piece band.
The tracks from her latest Bella Union EP S followed a similar electronic vein; Solar Panels was a soaring symphony of synths, chiming guitars and jaw-droppingly powerful vocals - a recurring feature of the new tracks. Somerset (I Can't Get Over), meanwhile, shimmered as Moss - dressed in all white - pulled at the heart-strings as her haunting, echo-laden voice filled the room.
As for the older material, only City Song and We Almost Had A Baby got a look in from debut album First Love, while a stunning, pared-down version of Trellick Tower from Virtue, detailing how an ex-boyfriend left her for God, was lyrically red-raw yet sonically soothing.
Her ex might be aiming for heaven, but with her new material Moss is surely heading for the stars.
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