JULIA JACKLIN
CRUSHING OUT TODAY
+ TOURING AUSTRALIA IN MARCH
+ IN STORE PERFORMANCES FROM THIS WEEKEND
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| Album Of The Week – Triple R, Beat Magazine, The Skinny, Loud & Quiet, Dork, Vinyl Me Please, The AU Review
‘With these elegantly devastating songs, Julia carves out a space, and a class, all of her own’ – MOJO (8/10)
‘Crushing is a dark exploration of the desolation following a breakup, but the bitter medicine is sweetened by Jacklin’s voice and the occasional garage rush’
– Uncut (8/10)
‘You’re left haunted and amazed by the record’s ability to feel so intimate yet so relatable.’ – The Music (4.5 stars)
‘…it’s evident throughout Crushing that she’s an artist who knows what they want and knows how to ask for it.’ – The Line Of Best Fit |
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Liberation Records are today honoured to be releasing Julia Jacklin’s devastatingly brilliant sophomore album Crushing into the world. Born from feelings of heartbreak, infatuation and loss, Crushing embodies all meanings of its title delivered in a 10-track masterpiece.
In celebration of the album’s release, Julia launched her Crushing world tour last night at Perth Festival. Following a run of dates in New Zealand next week, Julia will bring her album to life to Australian fans. Presented by Frontier Touring, the tour will hit capital cities and regional centres throughout March, playing her biggest rooms to date. Julia’s Crushing world tour will then jet off to the UK, Europe, USA and Canada with back to back shows from late March through to June.Fans eager to snatch a glimpse of the record in it’s live form before her Crushing tour can catch her at a host of in store performances at independent record stores from this weekend. Julia will be at Melbourne’s Record Paradise this Sunday 24 February, Sydney’s Red Eye on Monday 26 February and Brisbane’s Jet Black Cat on Friday 8 March.
We’ve been treated to four tracks from Crushing to date; each with their own striking visual created by the unstoppable collaboration between Julia and her long-time friend, Nick Mckk. ‘Body’ came first – a starkly composed portrait of a breakup. Then came ‘Head Alone’ – a pointed and electrifying anthem of refusal. ‘Pressure To Party’ seeks emotional freedom following a break up and the latest, taster track ‘Comfort’, marries delicate guitar strums with Julia’s glaring vocal, perhaps desperately convincing us (and her) that it will be alright. The remaining six tracks take the listener on a truly raw, emotional journey. |
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| Remarkably generous in its open nature, it further cements Jacklin’s place as a future alt-country great.’ – The Skinny (4/5)
‘Singer-songwriter delivers wounded but defiant second LP.’ – Q Magazine (4/5)
‘Crushing by name and crushing by nature, the singer-songwriter’s second album is the sonic equivalent of cracking a smirk and jabbing your knee at an offending man-spreader’ – NME (4/5)
‘As a performer, she’s mesmerising: self-possessed and supremely unhurried, as she demonstrates how, just two years after the release of her debut album, her songwriting has matured to a level most artists twice her age would envy.’
– The Independent
‘Julia Jacklin’s songwriting feels too big for conventional structures. Her latest bursts with rambley pent-up energy, a 3-minute-long head-thrashing confession.’
– The FADER |
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| Julia’s intrinsic ability to allow us into her most intimate thoughts while evoking starkly relatable emotions through her songwriting is brought to the fore on Crushing. This, teamed with her undeniable aesthetic and shattering live show, has seen Julia attract wide-spread global appeal. Praise and support has flooded in from Spotify, Apple, community radio, triple j, BBC Radio 6, NPR, Paste Magazine (including this stunning live session), Uncut Magazine, NME, Mojo, The Independent, Q Magazine, DIY, The Guardian, Gusher and the covers of Loud & Quiet and EG and Shortlist – with much more still to come.
Produced by Burke Reid (Courtney Barnett, Liam Finn) and recorded at The Grove Studios in NSW, Crushing is an album formed from sheer intensity of feeling, and an in-the-moment narrative of heartbreak and infatuation. With her storytelling centred on bodies and crossed boundaries and smothering closeness, Crushing reveals how our physical experience of the world shapes and sometimes distorts our inner lives.
Crushing is available now on digital, CD and vinyl formats. Tickets for Julia’s Australian Crushing tour are moving quickly with fans urged to get in early to avoid disappointment. |
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| WATCH: ‘Comfort’ by Julia Jacklin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTonGqnbiZw |
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Crushing
Julia Jacklin
Out now through Liberation Records
Available to buy/stream hereCrushing tracklist:
1. Body
2. Head Alone
3. Pressure To Party
4. Don’t Know How To Keep Loving You
5. When The Family Flies In
6. Convention
7. Good Guy
8. You Were Right
9. Turn Me Down
10. Comfort |
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JULIA JACKLIN
CRUSHING TOUR | AUSTRALIA
MARCH 2019
With special guest Olympia, Annie Hamilton, Asha Jeffries & Robert Muinos
Presented by Frontier Touring & triple j |
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Tuesday 5 March
UOW Unibar | Wollongong, NSW
with special guests Olympia & Annie Hamilton
18+
moshtix.com.au | Ph: 1300 438 849Wednesday 6 March
ANU | Canberra, ACT
with special guests Olympia & Annie Hamilton
18+
moshtix.com.au | Ph: 1300 438 849
Saturday 9 March
The Triffid | Brisbane, QLD
with special guests Olympia & Asha Jefferies
18+
oztix.com.au | Ph: 1300 762 545
Thursday 14 March
The Forum | Melbourne, VIC
with special guests Olympia & Robert Muinos
18+
ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100
Friday 15 March
Metro Theatre | Sydney, NSW
with special guests Olympia & Annie Hamilton
18+
ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849
Saturday 16 March
Cambridge Hotel | Newcastle, NSW
with special guests Olympia & Annie Hamilton
18+
ticketbooth.com.au |
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| Also playing:
Thursday 21 February*
Perth Festival, Perth, WA
All Ages
Wednesday 27 February*
Blue Smoke | Christchurch, NZ
with special guest Merk
18+
livenation.co.nz
Thursday 28 February*
The Cook | Dunedin, NZ*
with special guest Merk
18+
livenation.co.nz
Friday 1 March*
Hollywood Cinema | Auckland, NZ
with special guest Merk
18+
livenation.co.nz
Saturday 2 March*
San Fran | Wellington, NZ
with special guest Merk
18+
livenation.co.nz
Sunday 10 March*
WOMADelaide | Adelaide, SA
All Ages
womadelaide.com.au
Tuesday 12 March*
Spiegeltent, Hobart, TAS
18+
Tickets available here
*not Frontier Touring shows |
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International dates:
Tue 26 Mar Haunt, Brighton, UK
Wed 27 Mar Fleece, Bristol, UK
Thu 28 Mar Castle & Falcon, Birmingham, UK
Fri 29 Mar Yes, Manchester, UK
Sat 30 Mar Whelans, Dublin, Ireland
Tue 2 Apr Stereo, Glasgow, UK
Wed 3 Apr Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds, UK
Thu 4 Apr Electric Brixton, London, UK
Fri 5 Apr Les Etoiles, Paris, France
Mon 8 Apr AB Club, Brussels, Belgium
Tue 9 Apr Paradiso-Noord, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Wed 10 Apr Blue Shell, Cologne, Germany
Thu 11 Apr Molotow Sky Bar, Hamburg, Germany
Fri 12 Apr Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mon 15 Apr Privatclub, Berlin, Germany
Tue 16 Apr Milla, Munich, Germany
Wed 17 Apr Bogen F, Zurich
Wed 24 Apr Bowery Ballroom, New York NY
Thu 25 Apr Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia PA
Fri 26 Apr Great Scott, Boston MA
Sat 27 Apr Bar le Ritz, Montreal QC
Sun 28 Apr Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON
Tue 30 Apr DC9, Washington DC
Wed 1 May Strange Matter, Richmond VA
Thu 2 May Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro NC
Mon 6 May Third Man, Nashville TN
Wed 8 May Schubas, Chicago IL
Thu 9 May 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis MN
Fri 10 May Reverb, Omaha NE
Sat 11 May Recordbar, Kansas City MO
Mon 13 May Larimer Lounge, Denver CO
Tue 14 May Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City UT
Fri 17 May Fox Cabaret, Vancouver BC
Sat 18 May Tractor Tavern, Seattle WA
Sun 19 May Mississippi Studios, Portland OR
Tue 21 May Swedish American Music Hall, San Francisco CA
Thu 23 May Teragram, Los Angeles CA
Mon 3 Jun Club Dada, Dallas TX
Tue 4 Jun Barracuda (Inside), Austin TX
Wed 5 Jun White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs), Houston TX
Thu 6 Jun Gasa Gasa, New Orleans LA |
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