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Album: Near The Sun

Released: May 3, 2009

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Genre: Folk / Pop / Shoegaze
Location Brooklyn, Un
Profile Views: 152798
Last Login: 4/6/2012
Member Since 5/25/2005
Website www.juliepeel.com
Type of Label Indie
Bio
"Julie Peel leads a large pack of contemporary pop folk writers who are clamoring for the montage spot on show's like "Grey's Anatomy." While her peers stick as close to centrist as they can in terms of emotional delivery, Peel runs a bit more of the gamut. Her debut CD, "Near the Sun," shifts from well-crafted radio singles to intimate vulnerability reminiscent of Elliot Smith. With such solid melodic material, it's no wonder that Peel has indeed landed some air time on NBC.".. ..Ben Krieger - The Deli Magazine NYC.. Self-taught multi-instrumentalist Julie Peel unleashed her debut full-length album on American Laundromat Records (ALR) September 22nd, and has been enjoying rave reviews and charting at college & specialty radio. Previously featured on ALR compilations including Just Like Heaven (a tribute to the Cure), Gigantic (a tribute to Kim Deal), Dig for Fire (a tribute to the Pixies), and Cinnamon Girl (a tribute to Neil Young), this is Julie's first solo full-length release. She counts Aimee Mann, Kim Deal, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell among her influences, and their impact is not hard to discern on Near the Sun. Julie's lo-fi, guitar-driven pop recalls the likes of Ida, Anna Ternheim, Caithlin de Marrais, and Mirah, but bears her own distinctive indie sensibility and style..... As a child, she tended toward self-determination. "At 6," she explains, "I would take my bike and go for long rides in the countryside... Sometimes I would go fishing by myself." Though her mother worried, Julie always came home "like it's normal a 6 year old kid would go out all day so far away." That independent spirit is evident throughout Near the Sun, which Julie recorded, mixed, and produced on her own. She plays most of the instruments as well, though she is also joined on bass, cello, and upright bass by Cyrille Catois (who she met in 2005 and has worked with consistently ever since) and on drums by Andreas Dahlb�ck (drummer and producer for Anna Ternheim)..... Spontaneity was key in the creation of this album, as evidenced by tracks such as 'Innocence.' "I composed it and wrote the lyrics in under an hour, and recorded it very quickly right after," she reveals. "... I guess this song is what represents me the most." The swell of the cello under her honest, melancholy lyrics turn this stand-out track from simple to understatedly sophisticated. "Most of the tracks were first takes," Julie notes, which manifests itself in a sense of both immediacy and intimacy throughout the album. The undeniably catchy track 'Living in a Movie,' replete with irresistible handclaps, seems sent straight from the soundtrack to a film by Michel Gondry or Sofia Coppola. A sweet and somehow cinematic tune that demonstrates Julie's capability to craft pop songs at once familiar and dream-like, deceptively minimal, 'Living in a Movie' is just one of the songs off Near the Sun that compels repeated listens. Though her contributions to the ALR compilations were noteworthy in their own right, this collection of original material bears testimony to Julie Peel's own dynamic pop sensibilities.
Members
Julie Peel and musicians on the albums, and live: Cyrille Catois, Andreas Dalhb�ck, Kyle McCammon, Mike Multari, Seth Faulk, Aaron Gilbert Steele, Adam Christgau, Hailey Wojcik.
Influences
Music: Neil young.. Bob Dylan.. Joni Mitchell.. Simon & Garfunkel.. Karen Dalton.. Kate Bush.. Patti Smith.. Nick Drake.. Bruce Springsteen.. Billie Holiday.. Etta James.. Al Green.. Tori Amos.. Kim Deal.. The Pixies.. R.E.M... Aimee Mann.. The Innocence Mission.. Lou Barlow.. Kathleen Hanna.. Jon Brion.. Juliana Hatfield.. Nirvana.. The Lemonheads.. Mark Kozelek.. check out some of my friends:.. ..A Million Years.... ..Amber Rubarth.... ..Alex Wong.... ..Alexa Wilkinson.... ..Bright Eyes.... ..Clouds for lunch.... ..Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley band.... ..Dan Romer (Le Petit Prince).... ..Duquette Johnston.... ..Dylan in the movies.... ..Emilie Mover.... ..Euro Trash Girl.... ..Field Mouse.... ..Fritz Carlton.... ..Grand Duchy (Violet Clark Black Francis).... ..Gregory and The Hawk.... ..Hailey Wojcik & her imaginary friends.... ..Hello India Calling.... ..John P. Strohm.... ..Kat Maxwell.... ..London must fall.... ..Maria Taylor.... ..Matt Singer.... ..Melpo Mene.... ..Mercy Bell.... ..Paula Tebbens.... ..Peter Adams.... ..Pollyammo.... ..Seth Faulk.... ..Sharon Van Etten.... ..Shira Goldberg.... .. Taylor Hollingsworth.... ..The Age of Rockets.... ..The Bombs.... ..The Do.... ..The moth and the mirror.... ..The Paper Raincoat....
Sounds Like
People have told me: Mazzy Star, Lisa Germano, Granada, Mirah, Ane Brun, Hello Saferide, Anna Ternheim, Kim Deal, Suzanne Vega

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BIO

"Julie Peel leads a large pack of contemporary pop folk writers who are clamoring for the montage spot on show's like "Grey's Anatomy." While her peers stick as close to centrist as they can in terms of emotional delivery, Peel runs a bit more of the gamut. Her debut CD, "Near the Sun," shifts from well-crafted radio singles to intimate vulnerability reminiscent of Elliot Smith. With such solid melodic material, it’s no wonder that Peel has indeed landed some air time on NBC."
Ben Krieger - The Deli Magazine NYC
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Self-taught multi-instrumentalist Julie Peel unleashed her debut full-length album on American Laundromat Records (ALR) September 22nd, and has been enjoying rave reviews and charting at college & specialty radio. Previously featured on ALR compilations including Just Like Heaven (a tribute to the Cure), Gigantic (a tribute to Kim Deal), Dig for Fire (a tribute to the Pixies), and Cinnamon Girl (a tribute to Neil Young), this is Julie’s first solo full-length release. She counts Aimee Mann, Kim Deal, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell among her influences, and their impact is not hard to discern on Near the Sun. Julie’s lo-fi, guitar-driven pop recalls the likes of Ida, Anna Ternheim, Caithlin de Marrais, and Mirah, but bears her own distinctive indie sensibility and style.

As a child, she tended toward self-determination. “At 6,” she explains, “I would take my bike and go for long rides in the countryside... Sometimes I would go fishing by myself.” Though her mother worried, Julie always came home “like it’s normal a 6 year old kid would go out all day so far away.” That independent spirit is evident throughout Near the Sun, which Julie recorded, mixed, and produced on her own. She plays most of the instruments as well, though she is also joined on bass, cello, and upright bass by Cyrille Catois (who she met in 2005 and has worked with consistently ever since) and on drums by Andreas Dahlbäck (drummer and producer for Anna Ternheim).

Spontaneity was key in the creation of this album, as evidenced by tracks such as ‘Innocence.’ “I composed it and wrote the lyrics in under an hour, and recorded it very quickly right after,” she reveals. “... I guess this song is what represents me the most.” The swell of the cello under her honest, melancholy lyrics turn this stand-out track from simple to understatedly sophisticated. “Most of the tracks were first takes,” Julie notes, which manifests itself in a sense of both immediacy and intimacy throughout the album. The undeniably catchy track ‘Living in a Movie,’ replete with irresistible handclaps, seems sent straight from the soundtrack to a film by Michel Gondry or Sofia Coppola. A sweet and somehow cinematic tune that demonstrates Julie’s capability to craft pop songs at once familiar and dream-like, deceptively minimal, ‘Living in a Movie’ is just one of the songs off Near the Sun that compels repeated listens.

Though her contributions to the ALR compilations were noteworthy in their own right, this collection of original material bears testimony to Julie Peel’s own dynamic pop sensibilities.