Earlier today, EMA released "Stand With You (Song for Ghostship)." It's part of the anti-Trump Our First 100 Days song series, and it's also a tribute to the Oakland DIY space that tragically caught fire earlier this year.

EMA has now also mentioned that she's currently mastering the followup to 2014's great The Future's Void. That album came out on Matador but the new one will be out worldwide on City Slang (who previously released her music in Europe). EMA wrote, "Matador won't be putting it out. It's too political (which I think especially now music SHOULD be) and the sound is not exactly mainstream." She also said that City Slang is "a very diverse label and very supportive of the singular and controversial stuff that I think ends up being what EMA does best (they're German! they aren't afraid of politics or music outside of the box)."

EMA adds that the new album sounds to her like (her former band) Gowns and early EMA, and that it was produced by Unknown Mortal Orchestra bassist Jake Portrait.

We reached out to Matador for a comment who say they have no response to EMA's claims at this time.

UPDATE: Matador's Gerard Cosloy has now given a response:



From time to time we have to make some unpleasant decisions regarding the label’s release schedule (which is more crowded some years than others) and roster size. I don’t know anyone — least of all someone as talent and visionary as Erika — who likes hearing, “we’re not putting out the great new album you’ve spent the last 2 years on.” But at no point did we discourage her from making a political record, nor was there any mandate to create something that leaned towards the mainstream.

Here's EMA's full statement and also a longer statement on the new song: