With their raucous brand of scything, -influenced noise, Dying Wish have loudly confirmed themselves as one of the most exciting young bands in modern , driven by their talismanic frontwoman, Emma Boster. We asked Emma to guide us through ten of the songs that changed her life. From a ska punk icon to some hardcore heroes and a truly game-changing rap superstar, her picks turned out to be as varied as they are excellent.
Here's what she came up with. “I heard the band , and it was a defining moment for me. The song inspired our song – especially the bridge and the hook into the end breakdown, and the ‘I despise the drinking father’ aspect [ features the lyric, ‘just a broken old man broken by the whiskey’].
When I was a kid, that song resonated with me because of what I was going through [with my alcoholic stepfather]. “I love by ! I’ve listened to since I was seven – my mom was a huge indie rock kid. When we drove to my grandparents’ house three hours away, was one of the CDs we would have on repeat.
It was the first time I’d ever heard a woman in a rock band, and Gwen Stefani is such an icon. “ s is kind of a memoir, and it was pretty unique for bands at that time to write the way they did about the topic of grief, Howard Jones singing his heart out the way he did. The first time I ever heard them, I was 13, and it was on , but I didn’t properly appreciate them until six or seven years ago.
“I had this roommate when I was 18 or 19; she disappeare.