EMF the band responsible for the chart topping smash hit “Unbelievable”, are back with a brand new single Sister Sandinista. The single is taken from EMF’s first album since 1995, GO GO SAPIENS which is released on 1st April.
Sister Sandinista is a “nod to all the women out there who are fighting for what they believe in, sometimes against overwhelming odds, and making the world a better place ” – EMF
The single, includes a radio mix and an extended remix by their “good friends the NYC duo Vladimir Komarov and Atsuo Matsumoto”. Also James put his techno hat on (you know the one) and produced a remix to get the dance floors bouncing.
Order Sister Sandista here: https://emf-theband.com/merch-shop
Watch the Sister Sandinista video here :
The video is a mash up of the icons used in the GO GO SAPIENS art work and footage that James had collected during lockdown when he was making the videos for the series of special performances EMF did remotely from various parts of the world. Ian is playing the guitar on a sunny day on an old railway track in Spain and James is singing on a rainy day in the Yorkshire Dales.
The fresh and frantic GO GO SAPIENS marks a fresh new era of EMF. Funded entirely by and created for the fans of the band, the new album reinvents the classic EMF sound. GO GO SAPIENS will be available on CD and limited edition vinyl. GO GO SAPIENS features 11 catchy punk rock songs with funky beats; including the first single Sister Sandinista and finds the band delivering some of the best songs of their career.
“After a great 30th anniversary year, the band was in a really good place and we just felt ready to make another album'”– James Atkins.
“Making GO GO SAPIENS without a record label breathing down our necks was liberating. As Derry always says ‘we have nothing to prove’ so we did it for the fans and cause this is who we are and what we love to do. 100% EMF from the cradle to the rave” – Ian Dench.
To celebrate the release of GO GO SAPIENS, EMF play four shows in April including the 229 in London on Saturday 9th, plus intimate performances at Esquires in Bedford on Sunday 10th, the Fleece in Bristol on Monday 11th and the Parish in Huddersfield on Tuesday 12th.
With a very successful 2021 behind them, celebrating their 30th anniversary with several sold out gigs and a sold out vinyl box set, they are excited to continue with that refreshed energy and momentum into 2022.
EMF originally formed in Cinderford, England in October 1989.; All five original members were veterans of the local music scene before founding EMF, whose name supposedly stood for “Epsom Mad Funkers” (although it was widely speculated that the initials instead represented “Ecstasy Mother Fuckers”). Within two months of formation, the group played its first gig; after unearthing a Casio sampler and sequencer in a local thrift shop, a light techno element was added to their rock-oriented sound.
Their debut album, SCHUBERT DIP, was released in May 1991. It was certified platinum (over a million copies sold) in the US in September 1991. It had reached a peak chart position of #3 in the UK and #12 in the US, as well as finishing the year at #57 overall.
By the end of 1991, their infectious debut single “Unbelievable” had conquered the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 in the UK. The single was certified gold (over 500,000 copies sold) in the US in May 1991. The song was in such heavy rotation for most of the year in America, that it finished as the #6 single overall for the year.
Further hit singles that succeeded “Unbelievable” included “I Believe,” “Children” and “Lies.”
In 1992, EMF returned with the Unexplained EP and the much darker full-length effort STIGMA; STIGMA peaked at #19 on the UK charts, and the band toured extensively to promote it. It produced hit singles and EMF live set favourites, “They’re Here” and “It’s You.”
The band released their final full-length album of new material in 1995 with CHA CHA CHA. After a successful European tour, they teamed up with comics Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer on a cover of the Monkees’ “I’m a Believer,” which reached number 2 on the UK charts.
The band reunited in the summer of 2001 and released a Greatest Hits CD that coincided with a mini European festival and UK tour.
Primed to write new material and tour more extensively, the band were hit with the sudden passing of bassist Zac Foley on January 2, 2002. So shocked by the loss of Zac, the band fell silent.The band reunited in 2007 and have been steadily doing festivals and live shows in the years since. In 2020, the band released a career-spanning vinyl box set and spent most of 2020 and 2021celebrating 30 years of EMF.
There’s something indefinable but very special about GO GO SAPIENS that makes it irresistible.
To pre order / pre stream GO GO SAPIENS go to: https://emf-theband.com/go-go-sapiens
April GO GO SAPIENS launch shows
Sat 9th London 229
Sun 10thBedford Esquires
Mon 11th Bristol Fleece
Tue 12th Huddersfield Parish
Tickets available from: https://emf-theband.com/shows
