PRESS
2018
LIVE ACTS CANADA
December Artist Spotlight' by Shania Coombs (December 1, 2018).
“With stories that dig deep into depression, almost as if displaying her open wounds for the world to see, Citrine administers a delicate balance between self-deprecation and redemption. The effect she instills within her audiences is enrapturing and everlasting.” Read more...
ride the tempo
'Taste the Devil’ stream (September 3, 2018).
“The sonics are glorious and Citrine’s voice is sweet.” Read more...
GRAYOWL POINT
'Shadowless’ album review by Laura Stanley (August 30, 2018).
“There’s a closeness about Emma Citrine’s Shadowless. The Vancouver artist’s self-described “sad sounds” are delivered in soft tones and Citrine sounds nearly breathless – like she’s run home and recorded the songs before the sting of her emotions dissipated.” Read more...
PERMANENT RAIN PRESS
'Rei's Song' video feature (August 9, 2018). Read more...
THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT
'Shadowless' album review by Mike Usinger (July 25, 2018).
”We’ll forgive Emma Citrine for releasing the six-song Shadowlessat the height of summer, however, because it’s just about the prettiest damn thing we’ve heard so far this year.” Read more...
canadian beats
'Shadowless' album review by Emma Sloan (July 20, 2018).
"Combining the delicate vocal perfection of Birdy with her own lyrical genius and fragile orchestral backbone, Shadowless is a labour of love that will inspire and enthral in equal measures." Read more...
RUNNER MAG
Artist Spotlight (July 5, 2018). Read more...
exclaim
'Rei's Song' single premiere (June 29, 2018). Read more...
2017
DISCORDER MAGAZINE
'Sad Surprise' album review by Sarah Jickling (Feb 2017 Issue).
"I’m cynical when it comes to promises, but Sad Surprise delivers. At times, Emma reminds me of local dream-pop group The Belle Game and everyone’s favourite main stage festival act, Beach House." Read more...
THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT
'Sad Surprise' album review by Mike Usinger (Jan 11, 2017).
"As official coming-out parties go, they don’t get much more self-assured." Read more...
CANADIAN BEATS
'Sad Surprise' album review by Maxine de Graaf (Feb 10, 2017).
"Having been influenced by The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and Jack White, the songs on this album are as diverse as her influences." Read more...
RIDE THE TEMPO
'Sad Surprise' album review by Mark Anthony Brennan (Mar 8, 2017).
In essence a singer/songwriter, Emma Citrine tries on several musical overcoats throughout the course of this 6-track EP. At its heart is the intimate and emotive indie song “A Screaming Comes (Across the Sky)”, which boasts some hefty lyrics, such as, “He tells you to follow all the rules/Such proper language for an act so cruel”. Elsewhere Citrine takes on echoey blues (“Poor Boy, Blind Man”), mournful indie/roots (“The Fall”), and gentle folk (“Ledges”), but at all times she delivers killer lines with her heart on her sleeve." Read more...
THE PERMANENT RAIN PRESS
'Sad Surprise' album review by Natalie Dee (Feb 23, 2017).
"The deep-seeded regret that Citrine imbues into this sound is a contradiction, but shows a strength matched by her musicianship." Read more...
L'ENFANT VON (INTERVIEW)
(Feb 9, 2017). Read more...
canadian music blog
Feature (Top 10 new releases) Read more...