The dreamy folk-pop of Julia Logan exudes a voice at once both comforting and piercing. Channeling the likes of Carole King, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, and Sharon Van Etten her voice talks her way through the inner life of her own life and the lives of others in the small community that
she grew up in.
Accompanied by observant lyrics, bronzed and mellow melodies excellently produced and co-written by Daniel Bengtson (Studio Rymden, First Aid Kit) soar to hit home the deeper point in songs that honor and long for human connection and respect. It might be their quiet revolt against a world increasingly obsessed with transactional relationships, blow-hard aspirations, and digital ’likes’ rather than a simple ’hello’ on the street.
Julia Logan’s debut album, Everly Foreverly, features a duet with Nina Persson (The Cardigans) as well as drummers Kyle Crane (Kurt Vile, Madison Cunningham) and Karl “Hovis” Hovmark (Tove Lo) on separate tracks. Guitarist Peter Morén (Peter Bjorn and John) supports on many of the songs. Keyboardist Sofia Kristensen/Majvi contributes on piano and backup vocals. The album earned positive reviews by Swedish media, was nominated for Singer-Songwriter of the year at the Swedish Manifestgalan Awards, and allowed her to open for the likes of Madison Cunningham, Courtney Marie Andrews, Neko Case, Sarah Klang, and Amanda Bergman.
Her follow-up album ’Faraway Nearby,’ produced and co-written by Daniel Bengtson, explores themes of personal fears and changes, isolation, loss, getting older, hope, and finding your place in the world. The album will be released under Magnus Bohman’s label, Dumont Dumont, who helped launch José González career internationally. Released singles ’Mirrors,’ ’Moodswings,’ and ’Top of the World’ have already garnered attention in Stereogum and La Blogothèque, and on the renown LA and Seattle radio stations KCRW and KEXP.
Faraway Nearby comes out on November 1st in stores and on music platforms.
