Please Do Not Disturb (1997)
Juliana Hatfield
- Sellout
- Trying Not To Think About It
- As If Your Life Depended On It
- Give Me Some Of That
- Get Off
- The Edge Of Nowhere
;)
With God’s Foot still being the subject of debate between artist and label, Juliana released this mini album away from the ties of a major label.
Of Sellout Juliana said at the time “This is not a true story”. In the sleevenotes to 2002’s Gold Star’s compilation she maintained that the song was “not autobiographical”. Tongue firmly in cheek in both print and on record then. Given it’s historical context and its status as lead track, the irony of “it’s not a sellout if nobody buys it, I can’t be blamed if nobody likes it”, would not be lost on Atlantic Records or the fans.;)
If Only Everything marked a new consistency in Juliana’s solo work, Please Do Not Disturb was a startling declaration of independence and artistic maturity.
Songs of obsession, alienation, depression and loss. A dark record indeed but all the more comforting for it.