With the dubbed downbeat of his debut single, "Relief for Free," heralded as the best single to have emerged from the vaults of Nuremburg's Stereo Deluxe by none other than respected tastemaker
Rainer Trüby, the first full-length from high-pitched wailer Emil Soefaard,
This Is My Home, was highly anticipated by many. Borrowing the lovers rock vocal delivery from
Finley Quaye, and a predication for the kind of smoky dub and downbeat savvy favored by German post-jazz entrepreneurs
Kruder & Dorfmeister, Denmark's
Emo successfully retains one foot in the all-important credibility camp while dipping the other into an admittedly commendable pool of pop accessibility. Guest producers
les Gammas,
Nu Spirit's Daddy Ous, and
Boozoo Bajou are kept busy, but it is
Emo's soaring vocals which define this album -- dripping with the soul of someone with a long career ahead of him.