Julia Jacklin – Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)
Julia Jacklin’s fourth album, The Gem, is due September 25th on 4AD, and the lead single “Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)” is a genuine change of register for her. Where Pre Pleasure (2022) sat in something more introspective and carefully restrained, this is jangly, melodic, 1980s-inflected indie rock, bright and a little restless. The contrast is deliberate.
The record has a good backstory behind it. After Pre Pleasure, Jacklin came off contract, parted ways with her management, and spent a period with no label obligations and no one asking what was next. She made the record at home in Melbourne, calling in buddy Robert Muinos, who owns Rat Shack Studios above a Collingwood bar called The Gem. They brought in Jacob Diamond on guitar, Mimi Gilbert on bass, and Jess Elwood on drums, and what was supposed to be a two-week session stretched to nearly a year. They worked in converted hotel rooms above the pub, constrained by its residential licence from recording late, with sound bleed from a neighbouring hairdresser and live music drifting up from below. Before committing anything to tape, they played two unannounced shows downstairs to test the songs. On the last day, all four of them got matching tattoos, a small circle representing an opal, done by one of the bartenders.
The single itself sits squarely in that mid-tempo jangle zone, anchored by steady strumming and melodic guitar work from Diamond. Jacklin has described the album’s central tension as wanting to love and be loved while also wanting to be free, and you can hear that in the title alone: the push-pull of knowing attraction is coming before you’ve agreed to it. I find that kind of pre-emptive dread more interesting than the usual heartbreak setup.
The album is her debut on 4AD, following three records on Polyvinyl and Transgressive, and the label shift feels right for where this music is going.
In-store dates:
- Jun. 28 / Dublin, Ireland / Spindizzy
- Jun. 29 / Brighton, UK / Resident
- Jun. 30 / London, UK / Rough Trade East
- Jul. 2 / Liverpool, UK / Jacaranda
- Jul. 3 / Nottingham, UK / Rough Trade
North America:
- Oct. 20 / San Diego, CA / The Observatory North Park
- Oct. 22 / Los Angeles, CA / The Wiltern
- Oct. 23 / San Francisco, CA / The Castro Theatre
- Oct. 26 / Portland, OR / Crystal Ballroom
- Oct. 27 / Vancouver, Canada / Commodore Ballroom
- Oct. 28 / Seattle, WA / The Moore Theatre
- Oct. 30 / Salt Lake City, UT / Metro Music Hall
- Oct. 31 / Denver, CO / Gothic Theatre
- Nov. 2 / Dallas, TX / Studio at Bomb Factory
- Nov. 3 / Austin, TX / Radio/East
- Nov. 4 / Houston, TX / White Oak Music Hall (Downstairs)
- Nov. 6 / Atlanta, GA / Variety Playhouse
- Nov. 7 / Nashville, TN / Brooklyn Bowl
- Nov. 9 / Raleigh, NC / Cat’s Cradle
- Nov. 10 / Washington, DC / Lincoln Theatre
- Nov. 11 / Pittsburgh, PA / Mr. Small’s Theatre
- Nov. 13 / Minneapolis, MN / First Avenue
- Nov. 14 / Chicago, IL / The Riviera Theatre
- Nov. 15 / Toronto, Canada / Danforth Music Hall
- Nov. 17 / Montreal, Canada / Théâtre Beanfield
- Nov. 19 / Brooklyn, NY / Brooklyn Paramount
- Nov. 20 / Boston, MA / Royale
- Nov. 21 / Philadelphia, PA / Union Transfer
Europe:
- Feb. 13 / Birmingham, UK / Town Hall
- Feb. 14 / Manchester, UK / Albert Hall
- Feb. 15 / Dublin, Ireland / National Stadium
- Feb. 17 / Glasgow, UK / Barrowland Ballroom
- Feb. 18 / Bristol, UK / Beacon
- Feb. 19 / London, UK / Eventim Apollo
- Feb. 21 / Brussels, Belgium / Botanique
- Feb. 22 / Berlin, Germany / Festsaal Kreuzberg
- Feb. 23 / Hamburg, Germany / Kent Club
- Feb. 24 / Copenhagen, Denmark / DR Koncerthuset
- Feb. 26 / Amsterdam, Netherlands / Paradiso
- Feb. 27 / Paris, France / Cabaret Sauvage
- Mar. 1 / Barcelona, Spain / La [2] de Apolo
- Mar. 2 / Madrid, Spain / Sala Mon Live
- Mar. 3 / Lisbon, Portugal / LAV
