Julie Peel: Vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, keyboards, lap steel guitar, ukulele, kazoo, banjo, drums, bass, percussions, recording, mixing and producing. Cyrille Catois: Bass, uprightbass and cello Andreas Dahlbäck: Drums, percussions and Keyboards
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Influences
Music:
Neil young
Bob Dylan
Joni Mitchell
Simon & Garfunkel
Karen Dalton
Kate Bush
Nick Drake
Bruce Springsteen
Cat Stevens
Billie Holiday
Etta James
Al Green
Tori Amos
Kim Deal
The Pixies
R.E.M.
Aimee Mann
The Innocence Mission
Lou Barlow
Jon Brion
Juliana Hatfield
Nirvana
The Lemonheads
Mark Kozelek
Movies: David Lynch's Mulholland Dr, Twin Peaks, Lost Highway Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, Virgin Suicide, Lick the star Ryan Murphy's Running with Scissors Sydney Pollack's Out Of Africa Cameron Crowe's Almost famous, Jerry Maguire, Vanilla Sky Wim Wender's Paris-Texas, Arizona dream, Land of Plenty John Huston's The Misfits Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind James Mangold's Girl Interrupted, Heavy, Walk The Line Terry Zwigoff's Ghost world The Cohen brother's The big Lebowski, Fargo Kevin Smith's Mallrats, Dogma, Chasing Amy Ben Stiller's Reality Bites Martin Scorcese's The Last Waltz, No Direction Home The Wachowski brothers's V for Vendetta David Fincher's Fight Club, Benjamin Button Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill 1&2, Pulp Fiction Blake Edward's Breakfast at Tiffany's Jean Pierre Jeunet's Amelie, Alien The Resurrection Julie Taymor's Frida, Across The Universe
Writers:
Karen Blixen
F.Scott Fitzgerald
Sylvia Plath
Susanna Kaysen
Ann Scott
Joan Didion
Jack Kerouac
Mark Twain
Sounds Like
People have told me...
Mazzy Star, Lisa Germano, Granada, Mirah, Ane Brun, Hello Saferide, Norah Jones, Anna Ternheim, Kim Deal, Suzanne Vega...
"Once More With Feeling"
"The Bedroom Sessions"(you can watch other episodes by clicking next.)
Episode 1, with special guest Arno (from London Must Fall) covering "Cry me a river" (Justin Timberlake) Episode 2, with special guests Clotilde (from Clouds for lunch) and Andreas Dahlbäck (producer, drummer) covering Tegan & sara's "Speak slow", and performing "Near the sun".
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Self-taught multi-instrumentalist Julie Peel is preparing to unleash her debut full-length album, Near the Sun, September 2009 on American Laundromat Records. 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 Girls (a tribute to Neil Young), this will be 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.
Born in Cannes, Julie was raised between France and Canada, and sings entirely in English on this album. As a child, she tended toward self-determination. “At 5,” 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 5-6 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 hand-claps, 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. Keep an eye out for Near the Sun, and look for her hitting the road across the US later in 2009.
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I agree that everyone should buy The Paper Raincoat EP. More Paper Raincoat will definitely make the world a better place. (and yes...I actually logged into MySpace)
Hi I'm GiGi Fouquet!!!! Please take a listen to my EP " Tiny Heaven." Produced by GE Smith (SNL, Bob Dylan, Hall & Oates) and Jon Carin (Pink Floyd) Thanks for you're support!!! xoxo G
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I'm happy to announce that my new album "Songs From The Films Of David Lynch" is out now.
"Truly unsettling and perplexingly brilliant... testament to both the quality of Lynch’s soundtracks and Truax’s talents" - The Skinny
"Truax is paying homage to a kindred spirit with this album. It's the best kind of tribute – affectionate and respectful, but with its own quirks and imaginative leaps and its own distinct identity." -The Scotsman
ahahah what kinda postcards? ugly american ones ^^ jeh i think a collection is better anyway. so you cut your hair, hein? looks great :) bisou, julie pulie!