Album Review
Julia Jacklin - Crushing
4 StarsHer voice sounds clearer than ever.
First record ‘Don’t Let The Kids Win’ often seemed like a angsty lament on growing up and lost youth, with Julia Jacklin making a name for herself as a newcomer with a talent for writing rich indie songs with a country slant. ‘Crushing’ is more contemplative, flitting between a feeling of intimacy and isolation and often seems full of both at the same time, with Julia’s aptitude for painting hyper-specific moments or situations stronger than ever. “I remembered early days when you took my camera turned to me, twenty-three, naked on your bed looking straight at ya,” she murmurs on slow-burning album opener ‘Body’. “Do you still have that photograph / would you use it to hurt me?”
Later, on ‘Pressure To Party’, she wrestles with mixed feelings as she goes out partying in an attempt to get over heartbreak: “pressure to feel fine after the fact / out on the dance floor with my body back / meeting a stranger, touching his face / I don’t want anyone to ever take your place”. Unpacking messy feelings over delicate guitars, ‘Crushing’ may have been born from a place of confusion, but Julia Jacklin’s voice sounds clearer than ever.
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Julia Jacklin - PRE PLEASURE
4 Stars
Hers is a world where solace and solidarity are steeped into every brick.
26th August 2022, 12:00am
Tracks: Festive Special with Phoebe Bridgers, Beabadoobee, 100 gecs and more
You want brand new holiday-themed songs? Listen along to this lot…
18th December 2020, 12:00am
Julia Jacklin releases ‘baby jesus is nobody’s baby now’
"I wrote this in my room looking forward to 2020, hoping it would be a reset of some kind lol.”
8th December 2020, 12:00am
Julia Jacklin shares new songs ‘to Perth, before the border closes’ and ‘CRY’
The new 7" is released for Sub Pop Singles Club, Vol. 5.
12th October 2020, 12:00am
With Bob Vylan, St Vincent, girl in red, Lizzy McAlpine and more.