Julia Jacklin has shared the second single from her forthcoming album, The Gem.
Jacklin announced The Gem last month, with her fourth studio album set to drop on September 25th. It will be Jacklin’s debut release on 4AD / Remote Control Records.
Following lead single “Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)” is “I Wish”, which Jacklin penned for her younger self.
Listen to the track, which features Elsie and Maggie Rigby of Australian folk band The Maes, below.
Usually quick to record an album, Jacklin tinkered with The Gem for almost a year.
“The Gem felt like a metaphor for the whole process, because a lot of it did feel like digging. I felt like I was doing it almost in the dark, just trusting I was going to find something,” she said.
Her band got matching tattoos — a neat little circle to represent an opal, Jacklin’s favourite gemstone — on the last day of album sessions.
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“It did really feel like we’d done something special together. And I think as a group, it felt important to commemorate it. I’m glad we all have these little gems on us,” she added.
To celebrate her new album, Jacklin will tour around North America, the UK, and Europe. Find out more here.
The Gem follows Jacklin’s most recent album, 2022’s Pre Pleasure, which earned the Melbourne musician nominations for Best Solo Artist, Best Independent Release, and Best Adult Contemporary Album at the 2022 ARIA Awards.
Jacklin featured not once, not twice, but three times in our Best Australian & New Zealand Songs of the 21st Century So Far list last year. “Don’t Know How to Keep Loving You” (2019), “Lydia Wears a cross” (2022), and “Pressure Party” (2019) all made the cut.
Pre Pleasure, meanwhile, made our 100 Best Australian Albums of the 2020s So Far countdown.
Pre Pleasure, we wrote, “wasn’t just one of the best Australian releases of 2022; it was one of the finest songwriting collections to come out of Australian music in many years.”
Julia Jacklin’s “I Wish” (ft. The Maes) is out now. The Gem is out September 25th via 4AD / Remote Control Records (pre-save/pre-order here).
