Album Review
Julia Jacklin - PRE PLEASURE
4 StarsHers is a world where solace and solidarity are steeped into every brick.
‘PRE PLEASURE’ finds Julia Jacklin doing what she does best: bottling uncomfortably intimate moments and transforming them into the sort of tender tracks that somehow offer comfort. And on this third album, those moments are amplified. From shimmering strings to sparkling choruses (‘Ignore Tenderness’), we’re treated to a yet more intimate take on Julia’s signature sound. It’s a record which spirals with every panicked thought, soars with every second of joy felt and finds bursts of peace at every unexpected moment. ‘Less Of A Stranger’ is a sonic heart crack, with its feather light vocals and stripped-back strumming. ‘Moviegoer’, meanwhile, soundtracks its examination of a person’s behaviour with a deceivingly content hum and dreamlike haze. From start to finish, Julia has created a world entirely of her own - one which revels in representing her with unflinching honesty using a delicately-woven soundscape. Hers is a world where solace and solidarity are steeped into every brick.
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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
Julia Jacklin announces new UK and Ireland live dates
The Aussie singer-songwriter will be back this winter.
13th August 2019, 12:00am
With Bob Vylan, St Vincent, girl in red, Lizzy McAlpine and more.