"light leans against her skin... distant memories..."
From the EP "Still Falling Through The White" by ROXY JULES, the musical project / outfit helmed by Danish singer-songwriter Julie Runa, the raw rocker "Jocelyn" has garage rock bones covered with post punk flesh and blood. The hazey tones have a patina of desert rock, with chunky guitar layers and a lovely dominant punch splash coming off the drums. Runa's vocal aesthetic is hushed but steely eyed and bathed with backing harmonies (self harmonies maybe?) that are so alluring. The production by Trentemoller, with touches like synth melodies that give the track a ramping up ascension, are subtle. You don't feel the production as such... the raw, sort of live sound stays intact which I really appreciate. There is nothing as problematic as feeling the production too much because that kind of heavy hand can pull you out of the song itself, that doesn't happen here. It feels raw and organic and in the end because of that, "Jocelyn" stays with you after the song ends like a ghost.
-Robb Donker Curtius
nordic-music.dk
ROXY JULES is balancing on a knife edge between something very fragile and porous and something very noisy and confronting. The songs are revolving around distorted guitars, electronic drums, eerie keys and Julie Runa’s intriguing vocal and lyrics.
EP OUT FROM DANISH ROXY JULES - LEAD SINGLE PRODUCED BY TRENTEMØLLER
On the 23rd of April ROXY JULES will release the 4-track EP ’Still Falling Through The White’. Since 2011 ROXY JULES have released four full-length albums and with a constant lice presence she has given numerous along the way. Her melodic compositions mixed with noise-rock as well as industrial rock, ROXY JULES has her very own powerful yet femine expression that is truly unique.
Behind the name ROXY JULES you’ll find Danish singer, musician and songwri-ter Julie Runa and on the coming EP she has teamed of with four different producers, here amongt the great artist and producer trentemøller on the lead single ’Jocelyn’. Combining trentemøllers deep insights in garage rock, electronic and noise-rock with ROXY JULES soft vocal and distorted guitar, ma-kes up one of the strongest songs in ROXY JULES catalog of more than 40 songs. On the song ’Porous & Ivory Black’ she has teamed up with Thomas Bertelsen known for his solo project TOM And His Computer and the duo Lulu Rouge. A natural collaboration as ROXY JULES features on several songs on TOM And His Computers latest album ’Future Ruins’ (2020), which btw is rele-ased by trentemøllers personal record label In My Room.
The lyrics on the coming EP derives from both fictional situations and Julie Runa’s own life and thoughts. A string of reflections of both relentless darkness and the undeniable beauty of life. Often it seems like ROXY JULES is writing small scenes for movies. You see the people and situations she descri-bes on the back of your eyelids and resonate with something in the corners of your mind.
Like with the four previous albums ROXY JULES wants to challenge her list-eners. Noise in various shapes is a very important part of the overall ae-sthetics of ROXY JULES. Sometimes it is just dancing quietly in the background, as in the already released single ’As White As The White In White Noi-se’ (produced by Valentin Kruse), and sometimes it grows into louder and mo-re confronting noise, as in ’Porous & Ivory Black’. The noise is always present and applies a beautiful contrast to the melodic songs and Julie’s soft-toned vocal.
ROXY JULES, indie rock, post punk, alternative rock, electro rock, guitar rock, "Jocelyn", EP "Still Falling Through The White", Danish, singer-songwriter Julie Runa, evocative rock
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