Julia Pratt is a 21 year old singer songwriter currently based in Philadelphia, PA.
She started her music career as a teenager, growing up playing multiple instruments including cello and saxophone. Soon enough she wanted to mix the sound of these jazz influences but with some of her own modern sensibilities, as well as taking influence from legendary voices such as Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday.
Pratt caught attention with her evocative single “Tried and True” which was released earlier in the year.
The song operates as a cineamc grand pop ballad, with some lovely piano work and vocal work that reminds a bit of the power of artists such as Billie Eilish. It has an instant and devastating emotional power, one that lingers long after it is completed.
Enjoy a listen to “Tried and True” now below, along with a quote about its creation:
Tried and True was my attempt to articulate the internal monologue running through someone’s mind during their last moments. I wanted it to sonically capture the feelings of desolation, longing, resignation, chaos, and exhaustion that can accompany a nervous breakdown. Lyrically I wanted to tell the story of someone trying to find the words to say goodbye to their loved ones, acknowledging the pain they’ve inflicted on those closest to them but still desperately wanting to explain themselves one last time. I wanted the background vocals to mimic how it feels to gasp for breath, and after I decided I wanted that to be the focal point of the song the story flowed from there.
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