Robb, Emily

Robb, Emily

Soundtrack to the Space Between Attack and Decay

Petty Bunco

The long rumored score, now finally available. The Soundtrack to the Space Between Attack and Decay (dir Jessica Kourkounis) shows Emily’s singular vision and intuition put to the service of the short film currently captivating festival audiences around the globe. Still present is the mesmerizing gnarled electric roar, but now with an expanded palette and full sonic range of instruments and sounds. Drawing inspiration from spaghetti westerns, Mexican folk, and looney tunes, this one will rattle the imagination and stir the soul. Like its namesake film, the music on this record is designed to highlight the sorrow, joy, and ecstasy of life and love on a dying planet. Not for the faint of heart, nor for the heartless.MinimalismDeconstructed bluesRiff laden hooks—this world, that worldMind candy that connected a sort of abstract story concept swirling aimlessly in our minds to a vivid story world… build-upon-able.Emily embraced the challenge—never for a moment did we doubt that the sounds/songs she crafted wouldcouldshould do anything but elevate concept to concrete characterization-Richie Fravel, The Space Between Attack and Decay writerWritten and recorded by Emily Robb at Suddenly Studio in Philadelphia, PA 2023-2025All instruments played by Emily Robb except water balloon and creaks by Richie CharlesMonologues by Boris McGiverMastered by Carl SaffFront Cover by Phil Yarnall / SMAY DesignThank you to Helena Espvall, Aaron Muchanic and Liz Durette for musical assistance

Robb, Emily

If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection

Petty Bunco

The fantastic new album from tireless seeker Emily Robb. It’s a no-frills, high-minded celebration of guitar and sound and tone and string and amp and adventure committed to tape at Emily’s own Suddenly Studio in Philadelphia in fits and spurts stretching over 2022/23. These are economical tunes of utter trance and tightrope pulsations, with a fearless spirit and a devotion to energy and personality that digs into previously untapped mines. With zero fuss and pomp, If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection builds a wholly new palette of expression, and Emily follows her Les Paul like it’s a divining rod. It’s anyone’s guess where it points next, but we’re all fortunate enough to be invited along for the ride.

Robb, Emily

How To Moonwalk

Petty Bunco

How To Moonwalk is the brash n’ bold new one from Philadelphia-by-way-of-Maine-&-Montreal’s Emily Robb. With a formidable CV in the underground and sub-underground, Emily sits as the top contender for the East Coast’s most modestly masterful electric guitar abuser and this is the record to prove it. Though she served as top talent in efforts by Astute Palate, Storks, Louie Louie, & Lantern, How To Moonwalk marks Emily’s long-overdue, mucho-anticipated debut unencumbered release. And the album is, as they say, a motherfucker. Splattered across its eight or so tracks, How To Moonwalk shows a loyal respect to the rock n’ roll form while refusing to be held back by a single one of its limitations. No vocals, no artifice, barely even a drum. It’s a totally fried, mutant offering that’ll entice the twisted seekers-- a sustained, distilled meditation on the unabashed revved up freedom of rock. Naturally, the folks here at Petty Bunco couldn’t be prouder to have our humble trademark of quality on it.  Recommended for fans of the reductive threads that run through Link Wray, Poison Ivy Rorschach, Les Ralllizes Denudes, and the Smashchords.   Recorded summer 2020 at Emily’s Suddenly Studio in Philadelphia with help from Bill Nace.