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— John P. Strohm (@johnpstrohm) February 15, 2012
Juliana has today confirmed on Twitter that her new album will be of cover versions.
She first pondered the project in July 2011 after finishing There's Always Another Girl, when she solicited suggestions from PledgeMusic subscribers.
More as and when...
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— John P. Strohm (@johnpstrohm) February 15, 2012
Luscious Jackson are returning with a PledgeMusic project.
In an interview with Rolling Stone where you can hear their first new song in a decade, singer / bassist Jill Cunniff cites the success of Juliana's There's Always Another Girl project as an inspiration.
Cunniff:
Juliana Hatfield was really great, and she was sort of our generation and she did a pledge drive and did really well with it. She was really active with it and did a lot of updating and that's what we're going to do.
UPDATE
The LJ PledgeMusic page is now live.
Well this passed us by.
Thanks to Ghosty of WFDU's That Modern Rock Show, we can now hear his interview with Juliana which originally aired back in September.
Given the almost non-existent promotion for There's Always Another Girl this is a rare opportunity to hear Juliana talk about the record, the origins of the PledgeMusic project, and 90's nostalgia.
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Juliana:
If I could afford to, I would just paint for the foreseeable future. It’s the way I saw music before. I only wanted to do that. Now I want to paint. That is probably going to sound so pretentious coming from someone who’s been a musician. It’s weird, no one even knows I’m doing this school. None of my quote unquote fans knows that I’m in school. I haven’t really told anyone.
Juliana is interviewed by Middle Mojo - a site focusing on "what happens when creative people get older and older people get creative."
Juliana goes on to indicate that the proceeds from There's Always Another Girl were intended, in part, to fund art school.
The interview also covers why she has previously found it difficult to fulfil her wish to quit performing live, and how her art is proving a different form of expression to her music:
It’s going to be interesting to see. I am starting to see some of the themes from my music in some of my paintings. It’s not really planned, it’s just sort of happening. Look at my past few album covers. It’s naked parts of my body. And I’m painting stuff like that. Body parts with no heads. Fake boobs. I’ve always had these issues with my identity, anxiety about my femininity. I never felt I really expressed it the way I wanted to with music. This is just another way to work through some of the issues I have.
The music side isn't being neglected though. If you've been following Juliana on Twitter in recent days she has, amongst other topics such as complaining about her Wikipedia image (now changed), indicated that new tunes are forthcoming:
]]>that was too many tweets& i'm sorry& & i have to get back to work now but THANK YOU ALL for EMO & TECH SUPPORT and new album coming soon
— Juliana Hatfield (@julianahatfield) January 8, 2012
A couple of album reviews that emerged towards the end of last year that you may have missed:
Katie Caroll, mxdwn.com:
There’s Always Another Girl is hit and miss; it tries to bring together the many incarnations of Juliana Hatfield’s impressive career.
Steve Smart, Rabbit Hole Urban Music:
]]>She's the kind of artist you can get very attached to over the years. I know I have - 5/5
The vinyl / LP / actual proper old skool record version of There's Always Another Girl is now available from Juliana's official site.
Two songs from the download / CD version - Candy Wrappers and its alternate reprise And Again are not included due to size constraints.
photo via foxopoly
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Welsh played bass in Weezer from 1998 to 2001. Around the same period he was also Juliana's touring bassist. He performed on the recording of Bed and as the bassist in Juliana's Pony he contributued to Total System Failure, where he has four co-writing credits.
He left the music industry in 2001 and has since been an artist.
Three more:
Adrienne Urbanski, Short and Sweet NYC:
There’s Always Another Girl doesn’t pack the same emotional punch that How to Walk Away did but it’s a gem nonetheless.
Ania Roginska, MVRemix:
I left wanting at least one crack at a track where the instrumentals were the rusted gears, pushed through by Hatfields well oiled smooth sound.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic:
]]>a continuation of the excellent, mature work she’s done in the new millennium.
4/5