Julia Jacklin : Pre Pleasure (Clear White Vinyl)

A lot of the time I feel like I need to do all the work before I can enjoy my life, says Julia Jacklin of her third album, PRE PLEASURE. Whether thats work on songs or sex, friendships, or my relationship with my family I think if I work on them long and hard enough, eventually Ill get to sit around and really enjoy them. But thats not how anything works is it. Its all an ongoing process.

The binary of casual crisis is a powerful force in Julia Jacklins music. Since releasing her debut album Dont Let the Kids Win in 2016, the Melbourne-via-Blue Mountains singer/songwriter has carved out a fearsome reputation as a direct lyricist, willing to excavate the parameters of intimacy and agency in songs both stark and raw, loose, and playful. If her folky 2016 debut Dont Let the Kids Win announced those intentions, and the startling 2018 follow-up Crushing drew in listeners uncomfortably close, PRE PLEASURE is the sound of