Erika M. Anderson

Erika Michelle Anderson (born January 28, 1982), better known by her stage name EMA, is an American singer and songwriter originally from South Dakota, who presently lives in Portland, Oregon. She fronted the noise-folk band Gowns, from 2006 to 2010, releasing one album, 2007's Red State. After Gowns disbanding, she released her debut album ''Little Sketches on Tape'' in 2010 on Night People, an independent music label founded by former Raccoo-oo-oon member Shawn Reed. In 2011 EMA released her second album ''Past Life Martyred Saints'', which received positive reviews from Pitchfork Media, Drowned in Sound, and the ''NME''. After releasing her debut album, EMA was named "New Band of the Day" by ''The Guardian,'' and "Artist to Watch" by ''Rolling Stone''. In 2011 she performed "Endless, Nameless" for ''Spin''s twentieth anniversary tribute to Nirvana's album ''Nevermind''. Her song "The Grey Ship" was used on an episode of Adult Swim's ''Off the Air'', and in the 2014 Carter Smith film ''Jamie Marks Is Dead''.

The album ''The Future's Void'' was released on Matador Records in 2014. She made her network television debut performing on ''Late Show with David Letterman'' on August 26, 2014.

EMA released her third studio album, ''Exile in the Outer Ring'', on August 25, 2017 through City Slang. The first single was "Aryan Nation" and dedicated to the people of "heartland America", where she is from. The single was inspired by the British skinhead film, ''This Is England''.

In 2023 it was announced that Anderson had joined Sarah Register and Vice Cooler to form Thrash Palace. Provided by Wikipedia