Emberline is a Vancouver-based band formed by singer/songwriter/guitarist Anne Emberline.

Bio

As a kid, Anne Emberline used to love pop music (think Paula Abdul, N.K.O.T.B., and Celine Dion) until, at the age of 12, she discovered grunge and noise rock. Her pop CDs hit the trash in exchange for the gutsy, hard-edged rock. She ditched her piano lessons for an electric guitar, and within months she was performing original material with her first band at the age of 13.

Emberline yelled at the top of her lungs with an electric guitar in her firsts, rocking out as a frontwoman for three different bands until in 2004 she took a break to play acoustic guitar and find the softer side of her music. Huddled up alone in her basement, she slowly learned to sing instead of yell. “I was a horrible singer for the first ten years,” Emberline says, “I was actually really shocked when people started saying I had a good voice. I thought that would never happen.”

Three years later, Emberline found herself in what she called “a folky rut”. Still playing acoustic guitar, she grew restless and longed for the sweaty energy and sludgy darkness of the rock she used to play. She went back to electric guitar and teamed up with the other members of Emberline, bass player April Reed and drummer Rob Freeman. Eager to hit the stage, the group was out the door playing shows only six weeks after forming.

Emberline is currently playing shows in the Vancouver area and plan to do their first tour in 2010.