About
An electronic indie-pop artist with a background in punk, Emily Whitehurst is the solo force behind Survival Guide. A California native now residing in Texas, her most recent album, 'deathdreams', was released in late 2023 on Double Helix Records. It has been characterized by Rick Anderson of CD Hotlist as "punk-tinged dream synthpop. The arpeggiated keyboards and gauzy mix on “Lady Neptune”; the study beats and heavily reverbed vocals on “wordswordswords”; the fist-in-the-air chorus on “Fight Me”; the borderline-industrial beats on the album-opening “Bad Little Seed” — this kind of sonic variety is the hallmark of someone who doesn’t care much about arbitrary genre boundaries, and may her tribe increase. Also, she has a great voice — and there are some really solid hooks buried in those layers of sound (if you’re listening in the car, good luck staying under the speed limit during the chorus to “Don’t Feel Bad”)."
