Below find a fresh YouTube AND Soundcloud playlist! Each holds some insanely delightful tracks that have been released over the past two months. Please enjoy not in moderation:
The lovely Julia Jacklin who calls the neighborhood of Glebe in Sydney, Australia her home, has announced the release of her debut record titled, Don’t Let the Kids Win. The album is due out on October 7th via Polyvinyl. With her first single, “Pool Party” out already, she has released another beautiful track, a lilting love song with an accompanying video directed by Jacklin and shot in her old high school. Jacklin acts like a young teenage girl, shy, in love, too bashful to speak to the man of her dreams but a fire burns behind her eyes that she unleashes in the end. About the video and track Jacklin says:
“I filmed this music video in my old High school hall in the Blue Mountains,” says Jacklin. “A lot of the shots focus on the stage where I performed in the chorus for ‘Grease’ and ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ and the unfortunate time I chose to sing ‘Wonderwall’ to a backing CD for a senior assembly. I went back there recently and saw the hall in a whole new light. When I was at school I never really thought about it, it was just a boring school hall that I was forced to sit in for long assemblies and exams. Now I think it’s actually a really beautiful space.”
Check to see if Julia Jacklin will be touring near you:
Aug. 9 – New York, NY @ Berlin (solo) Aug. 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Resident (solo) Aug. 31 – London, UK @ The Lexington Sept. 1-4 – Vlieland, Netherlands @ Into the Great Wide Open Sept. 2-4 – Stradbally, Ireland @ Electric Picnic 2016
Sept. 4 – Salisbury, UK @ End of the Road Festival 2016
Sept. 6 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Bar Brooklyn (solo) Sept. 7 – Oslo, Norway @ Revolver Upstairs (solo) Sept. 8 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Himmeriget Bar (solo) Sept. 9 – Berlin, Germany @ Dodo Beach Record Store (solo) Sept. 10 – Haldern, Germany @ Pop Bar (solo) Sept. 11 – Belgium, Leffinge Leuren Festival (solo) Sept. 17 – Ottawa, ON, Canada @ Cityfolk Sept. 18 – Toronto, ON, Canada @ Toronto Urban Roots Festival Sept. 20 – Chicago, IL @ Martyrs’ $ Sept. 21 – Madison, WI @ The Frequency Sept. 22 – Champaign, IL @ Pygmalion Music Festival w/ Freightened Rabbit, Alvvays, Car Seat Headrest & Lucy Dacus Sept. 23 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom w/ Nada Surf Sept. 24 – Washington, DC @ DC9 Nightclub $ Sept. 25 – New York, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom $ Sept. 27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle $ Sept. 29 – Montreal, QC, Canada @ Divan Orange $ Sept. 30 – Allston, MA @ Great Scott $ Oct. 4 – West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour $ Oct. 6 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge $ Oct. 7 – Vancouver, BC, Canada @ Biltmore Cabaret $ Oct. 8 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre w/ Okkervil River Oct. 24 – Berlin, Germany @ Maze Oct. 25 – Cologne, Germany @ Blue Shell # Oct. 26 – Munich, Germany @ Unter Deck # Oct. 27 – St Gallen, Switzerland @ Palace # Oct. 29 – Zwolle, Netherlands @ Let’s Get Lost Festival Oct. 30 – Brussels, Belgium @ AB Club # Oct. 31 – Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Rotown Nov. 3 – Brighton, England @ The Haunt # Nov. 4 – Nottingham, England @ Bodega # Nov. 5 – Glasgow, Scotland @ CCA # Nov. 6 – Newcastle, England @ The Cluny # Nov. 8 – Manchester, England @ Manchester Gorilla # Nov. 9 – Bristol, England @ Thekla # Nov. 10 – London, England @ Koko # Nov. 11 – Dublin, Ireland @ Grand Social Nov. 25-27 – Queenscliff, VIC @ Queenscliff Music Festival
Following the momentum Australian-born singer, Julia Jacklin, gained after SXSW she has released a dream-drunk single called, “Pool Party.” Jacklin’s mesmerizing voice is haunting and pairs perfectly with the odd slow motion video of Jacklin dancing in a school girl skirt and a pair of clunky white tennies alongside a man who doesn’t seem to notice her.
Along with the new single and its accompanying video, Julia Jacklin recently announced that she has signed with the label, Polyvinyl. Album details to come soon! Look out for Julia Jacklin later this summer.
Thurs. Aug 4 – Sun. Aug 7, Miles of Music Festival, Appleton, WI Wed. Aug. 31, The Lexington, London Fri. Sept. 2, Into the Great Wide Open Festival, Netherlands Sat. Sept. 3, End of the Road Festival, UK Sun. Sept. 4, Electric Picnic Festival, Ireland