Rose Kemp Reviews 'highlights over the 3 days (included) Rose Kemp who mixes the heaviest sound with the most incredible folk vocals, the whole room was mesmerized by her performance and her shiny dress, if you don’t know her work you should check her out' - Capsule (Roadburn 2009) 'Rose Kemp knows how to drive an aggressive busload of wailing guitars and pounding drums. Basically she don't take no shit off nobody (Use Italian New York Mafia Accent) - jesus2000 'Her voice is heart-stopping and her slowed down, doomed out folksongs are addictive...those just walking by professing to have been pulled in by her siren song. Go Girl!' - Terrorizer (Roadburn 2009) 'Her Voice possesses the same combination of sensual rapture and existential dread' - The Independent 'The kind of tracks that stop you dead in your tracks..sheer swooping grace in Kemp’s voice' - The Fly 'Prolific collaborator, singing with 3 Bristol bands whilst steering her own solo career' - The Guardian 'The authority she yields using vocals alone is truly mesmerising. Addictive listening' - Rocksound 'Kemp is the kind of singer that bites down and hangs on' - Harp Magazine UNHOLY MAJESTY IS NAMED ALBUM OF THE YEAR BY GERMAN ROCK MAGAZINE 'ECLIPSED' - Dec 2008 'Rose is simply remarkable. Her work both on 2007’s A Hand Full of Hurricanes and Unholy Majesty is uniquely powerful. Rose Kemp can be uplifting, passionate, sensual, disturbing, unsettling, invigorating, definitely compelling, and totally absorbing' - Blogcritics 'A fine example of dark, uncompromising, brooding rock scattered with moments of experimentation and backed by an astonishing display of domineering vocal beauty' - LeedsMusicScene 'I haven't seen her live yet, but by God, I want to. This album yields more and more with every listen.. it messes with pigeonholes and remains accessible' - 17 Seconds Blog 'Produced by Foo Fighters, Biffy Clyro and Amplifier collaborator Chris Sheldon, Unholy Majesty consolidates Kemp’s myriad influences while also developing its own personality. An inventive and energetic guitarist, Kemp’s excellent playing combines throughout with Sue Lord’s mournful violin, James King’s muscular drums, Joe Garcia’s bass, and a host of vintage synths and organs operated by Dan Greensmith to give the record a distinctive tone and ambience' - Wears The Trousers Unholy Majesty’s 10 tracks are fat raindrops awaiting the listener’s choice of dress or flesh. It’s prettiness in slow attack...‘Milky White’ defies its title. It’s jarring, white swirled with black, an attention grabber preparing for the sensational, 9 minute finale that is ‘The Unholy’ - Wicked Rock 'Undoubtedly the 'find' of the weekend... her set sparkles with a beautifully dark, intensely personal strain of songwriting that brims with both passion and angst in an uncommonly natural way' - Drowned in Sound 'Dark and sinister, yet alluring and beautiful' - Joyzine Rose Kemp Interviews PunkRockTheory.com Interview 15/08/09 Pennyblackmusic Interview 21/09/08 Wears The Trousers Interview 04/09/08 Terrorizer Interview 12/03/09 Noise Makes Enemies Interview 08 HOME