Derealization - Vinyle Rose

Description

THE DEBUT SOLO ALBUM FROM THE FOUNDING MEMBER OF PUNK GARAGE ICONS THE COATHANGERSAN ETHEREAL FOLK LANDSCAPE OF COUNTRY BALLADS AND DECONSTRUCTED ATMOSPHERIC POPIf you can't trust yourself, who can you trust? This is the question at the heart of the album by Julia, Julia, aka Julia Kugel, founding member of punk garage icons The Coathangers and dream pop duo Soft Palms. On her debut solo album, Derealization, she foregoes collaboration and group dynamics to focus on a singular artistic vision and personal experiences. Derealization is a meditative dive into the mind of a person striving to understand a crumbling inner and outer world. The album traverses a landscape of ethereal folk, deconstructed atmospheric pop, and country ballads. This assemblage gives the feeling that the album emerges from a haze, as a reflection of Julia's journey and her path towards self-acceptance. Dark and sumptuous, Derealization is a flowchart of Julia Kugel building herself as an artist and songwriter. Julia plays almost all the instruments on the album and learned to record at COMA Studio, which she created with her husband in Long Beach, California. The state of mind that led to the creation of Derealization comes from the feeling of losing a sense of reality while on tour, when it stops and the artist wonders what is more real between her home and her tour bus. This feeling of detachment was so severe that she lost her voice and, consequently, her confidence as an artist. Through vocal coaching and EMDR therapy, as well as the healing powers of surfing and music, she slowly found her way back to creation. She reconciled with herself as a real person. The project's name - Julia, Julia - is a look in the mirror, a reflection on what is hidden and unanswered, on what is real and what is ephemeral. The experience of living life not as you planned but as it unfolded, and that mysterious and magical pain that creates meaning.