Today, Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin has announced her fourth LP The Gem, due out September 25th via 4AD. It's her debut on the label after releasing her previous three records via Polyvinyl.

With the news comes lead single "Get Away From Me (I Think I'll Love You Soon)," a mid-tempo jangle pop tune reminiscent of the '70s and '80s.

“I want to love and be loved, but I also want to be free. The tension between those two things has been the central question of my life,” says Jacklin. It’s also the theme that underpins The Gem. Named after the pub she became a regular at after moving from Sydney to Melbourne, The Gem sees Jacklin tinker at her craft with a fine-toothed comb.

According to the record's press release, "She called up an old drinking buddy Robert Muinos, owner of Rat Shack studios, which is located above The Gem, and brought in friends Jacob Diamond (guitar), Mimi Gilbert (bass), and Jess Elwood (drums). Recording happened in close quarters, in converted hotel room accommodation upstairs at the pub. As it was a residential bar, they couldn’t record late into the night for fear of bothering the neighbor and sound bleed was a glorious constraint: foot traffic to the hairdresser and the tattoo parlor next door, loud music from the bands and the kitchen crew downstairs. If anyone needed a break from the sessions, they would venture downstairs and watch a band playing. Jacklin and the band even played two unannounced shows there to try out the songs before recording them. They thought they’d smash out the record in two weeks, like she’d always done, but that wasn’t the case. In fact, it took nearly a year of tinkering to arrive at something Jacklin could get behind." 

“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,” says Jacklin.

The Gem is out September 25th. Preorder here. Tracklist below.

Tracklist:

1. Brand New
2. God Sometimes
3. If I Had The Hand Of God
4. The Hardest Thing
5. Angel Vision
6. Real Life
7. Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)
8. You Turned On The Tap
9. Walk On Me
10. I Wish [feat. The Maes]

Julia Jacklin tour dates:

10/20 San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
10/22 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
10/23 San Francisco, CA @ The Castro Theatre
10/26 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
10/27 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
10/28 Seattle, WA @ The Moore Theatre
10/30 Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
10/31 Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
11/02 Dallas, TX @ Studio at Bomb Factory
11/03 Austin, TX @ RADIO/EAST
11/04 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (Downstairs)
11/06 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
11/07 Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
11/09 Raleigh, NC @ Cat's Cradle
11/10 Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
11/11 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small's Theatre
11/13 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
11/14 Chicago, IL @ The Riviera Theatre
11/15 Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
11/17 Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Beanfield
11/19 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
11/20 Boston, MA @ Royale
11/21 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
02/13 Birmingham, UK @ Town Hall
02/14 Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
02/15 Dublin, IE @ National Stadium
02/17 Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom
02/18 Bristol, UK @ Beacon
02/19 London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
02/21 Brussels, BE @ Botanique
02/22 Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
02/23 Hamburg, DE @ Kent Club
02/24 Copenhagen, DK @ DR Koncerthuset
02/26 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
02/27 Paris, FR @ Cabaret Sauvage
03/01 Barcelona, ES @ La [2] de Apolo
03/02 Madrid, ES @ Sala Mon Live
03/03 Lisbon, PT @ LAV

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