Secret Emchy Society

Secret Emchy Society is an inclusive country band positioned solidly at the intersection of shit-kickery and tenderness. Living into the ethos that country music doesn't have to punch down to kick ass - lead singer Cindy Emch has led the band through bar ballads and bootstompers through four albums, two countries, and 10 years of rabble rousing shows.

Critics and fans have compared her storytelling to legends like Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings, with the off-kilter darkness of Nick Cave and the dusty vulnerability of Townes Van Zandt. But comparisons only get you so far. What really matters is how these songs land - and they land hard. Whether they’re playing to packed rooms on the West Coast or lighting up festival stages, Secret Emchy Society delivers with a kind of emotional force and off-the-rails authenticity that’s almost extinct in country music today.

This is country music for people who’ve lived some life, who know joy and loss in equal measure, and who want songs that make you feel everything - songs that welcome the weird, the queer, the outlaw, and the sacred in one breath.

Their music has been praised by outlets like No Depression, Americana Highways, and Country Queer, and their name has landed on “Best Of” lists more than once. This is a band in full stride, building on years of basement sessions, dive bar residencies, and road-tested tour runs all over the US and Canada.