Julia Cumming announces debut solo reord, Julia; shares Edgar Wright-directed video for 'My Life'

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Julia Cumming announces debut solo reord, Julia; shares Edgar Wright-directed video for ‘My Life’

An integral part of the NYC music scene since forming acclaimed rock band Sunflower Bean as a teenager, Julia Cumming is set to release her impressive debut album, Julia, on April 24 via Partisan Records, a move that sees her joining a dynamic stable of artists that includes Geese, Cameron Winter, PJ Harvey, IDLES and Blondshell. Lauded over the past several years as one of the most captivating frontwomen in rock, Julia marks a brand new chapter for Cumming, a clear and unadorned declaration of stepping out on her own. Not a rebrand, but a full creative rebirth.

After a transformative three year journey of self-actualisation and dream fulfillment, Cumming is ready to unveil the fruits of her labor. Today’s album news comes replete with a gorgeous debut single. ‘My Life’ packs a punch in a warm embrace. Within seconds, she sings her agency into being, fingers meeting the piano keys, striking just the sparest of chords: “I sing these words for me/ To hear the sound/ To let them ring/ To drown you out.” In embarking on her solo journey, this thesis statement of a song was the key that unlocked a creative door that Cumming had been waiting for.

The accompanying video, filmed in London this winter, was directed by celebrated English filmmaker – and renowned music connoisseur – Edgar Wright (The Running Man, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Baby Driver).

Of ‘My Life’ Cumming shares, “This song came after a period of intense pressure, the culmination of writing through the pandemic and the years spent in the rhythm of touring, recording, and trying to find my place within it all…Then something shifted. It was liberation, and I knew immediately it was the beginning of something new. It’s clear “My Life” would open the album, because it’s the thesis. The seed that started everything.”

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