Not many people’s route to international critical acclaim takes in several years working on a factory production line making essential oils, but Australian songwriter, Julia Jacklin, isn’t most people. One of the joys of those years spent in tedious employment, was that it allowed Julia to hone her musical craft, to think of little but music, and how it was her ticket out of there.
Born in the Blue Mountains, Julia’s music is surprisingly un-Australian, it nods in the direction of alt-country, a world of twanging electric guitars, smooth ticking drum beats, and her trump card, her spectacular vocal. More than just a wonderful voice though, Julia is also a superbly cutting lyricist, as she sings on recent single Leadlight, “I love you my darling, but I can’t promise I’ll be here to see this whole love through.” With a debut album out next month and seemingly every radio station and music rag queuing up to rave about it, don’t expect Julia Jacklin to be playing the smallest tent again anytime soon.
The Fat Angel Sings 