Julia-Maria releases her new single Birthday Parade, on the 19th of April. This will be the first instalment from Julia-Maria’s new EP “The Skin I’m In” which is due for release later this year. Birthday Parade introduces a new sonic palette for Julia-Maria. A distinctive and intimate vocal performance compliments her tongue-in-cheek lyrics. While organic and earthy instrumentation instantly the listener into a series of unfortunate events surrounding a disappointing birthday.
The combination of “dead dog”, a “sh*t job” and an over-saturation of unsolicited music career advice from a self-proclaimed “man with the blues” on your birthday calls for a sarcasm-soaked “pity parade”. All prettily packaged in a folk-pop ballad… of course.
Birthday Parade is for fans of Lizzie McAlpine, Feist, and Phoebe Bridgers.
Julia-Maria‘s new EP “The Skin I’m In” is the next installment in this exciting artist’s career.
Julia-Maria’s music is characterised by her hypnotic folk infused vocals, rich instrumental arrangements and poignant lyricism. It is impossible not to recognise Julia-Maria’s Irish folk background in her song-writing.
The creative result of Julia-Maria’s life experience over the past two years is “The Skin I’m In”. The 5 track EP invites the listener in to some key moments of her life. From moving to and from London, learning that people with the loudest voices aren’t always right, that dating in your 20’s is undeniably heart-breaking and finally, that life is only a race if you live that way. Each of these experiences are deeply personal to Julia-Maria, while also being undeniably relatable.
Close vocals, organic tones and intimate arrangements draw you into these stories and invite you to sit and stay awhile.
Julia-Maria previously released her debut EP, ’With Me’ in October 2021 and the record was warmly received by press as a great creative success. The EP’s title track “With Me” was made Hot press’ Track of the day and the EP was featured in publications by IMRO, Nialler9, Golden Plec, The Last Mixed Tape and many more.
“Cast against a glistening folk milieu, ‘With Me’ centers itself around a captivating vocal that leads the listener along the emotional thread” (The Last Mixtape)
In 2023, Julia-Maria moved to London to cut her teeth on a new music scene. In London, she developed her skills as a commercial songwriter with great success, landing single song publishing deals with Elements Music Finland and BMG Publishing.
