Ember Knight

Comedian Ember Knight has spent two years secretly recording "The Disappointment Cowboy".
Our first glimpse was a single - “Old Yeller” - which appeared in August of 2017. The following March, a mysterious act opened for Geneva Jacuzzi: out from under a giant blue umbrella spilled dancers in velvet, a pillow fight, gargling solos, violent group laughter, and spoken-word facts about frogs. They called themselves Ember & His Orchestra. 

Initially, this ten-piece band was developed just to perform the album live. “The Disappointment Cowboy” is a melodically complex homage to friendships lost, and while 90% of it was recorded by Knight alone in their bedroom, the live renditions require a delicate blending of stringed instruments, keys, pots and pans, a harp, theremin, and even puppetry for visual aid. Recorded or live, their hard-to-define music takes the listener on a theme-park ride through excitement, playfulness, trauma, and crippling depression - arriving at a conclusion that emotional honesty is our only hope. 

​Instagram: @emburger

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emberknight.bandcamp.com/

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