Emma Volard is a future soul artist whose compositions break the boundaries of soul music by fusing elements of jazz harmony, broken beat and gut-wrenching lyricism. In only two year Emma’s made huge waves in the industry, garnering attention from Australian and international tastemakers abroad. From Emma’s sophomore solo release in 2019’s neo-soul jam “Arachne (Feat Pascal)” to her hard-hitting feminist anthem “Femininity”, her music has continued to evolve to greater heights landing her festivals including Meadow, Sounds of Summer and Ocean Sounds. Emma is set to release her debut LP on July 8th 2022. Deity, is a record of tensions: caught in the push-pull between light and shade, joy and sorrow, chaos and order, it’s an album that draws power from the divine messiness of the human experience. Synthesising acid jazz with modern R&B, dub with pop, and future soul with old-fashioned grooves, it’s a statement of profound artistic intent for Emma: a 12-part journey of self-expression and hard-won self-determination that combines the classic and the cutting edge to build something sleek and scintillatingly new. “This album is a revolt against oppressors, particularly those in the music industry — an f-you to anyone who tries to tear us down,” she says. Cathartic, vulnerable, and deeply, defiantly empowered, it’s a definitive document of feminist soul: a call for listeners to “discard the judgement of others, and embrace their bodies, their minds, and their souls.”