We heard Huey play this on 6 Music at the weekend and immediately rushed to the Internet to see what it could tell us. And what the Internet told us is that Emma Russack is from Narooma, New South Wales, used to sing with a band called Lola Flash, and caused a bit of a stir singing cover versions on YouTube (as is often the way nowadays). Interestingly that account has now been deleted so we guess Emma feels the cover version period of her career is over. We’re fine with that.

He Was My Family is the first song to be released from her debut album Sounds Of Our City. And it reminds us a bit of A Girl Called Eddy (if you remember her. And if you are her: make another record please). It’s the rich, sustained 50s guitar that does it. We might even liken her to a more-human Lana Del Rey, if that particular bubble weren’t floating dangerously close to the spiny hedgehog of public fickleness right now. So we won’t.

http://emmarussack.com