Album: Don't Let the Kids Win by Julia Jacklin (2016)
Format: Album

Artist Background: Julia Jacklin (born 1990) is an Australian singer, songwriter based in Sydney, Australia. Jacklin grew up in the Blue Mountains, Australia, in a family of school teachers. Inspired by Britney Spears, at the age of 10 she took classical singing lessons before joining a high school band which did Avril Lavigne and Evanescence covers. She studied social policy at Sydney University, and after graduating she lived in a garage in Glebe, a suburb of Sydney, and worked in a factory making essential o... Part of the Sydney, Australia music scene. Emerged in the contemporary era. Associated with Pop movement.

Music Scene: Part of the Sydney, Australia music scene. Emerged in the contemporary era. Associated with Pop movement.

Tags: 2010s, Album


Australia produces alt-country’s next great talent. Blue Mountains maybe one of folk and country’s more emergent outposts but Julia Jacklin arrives from the New South Wales region with an impressively world weary and fully formed debut. With gently scraping, buzzing guitars, her Americana delivers poignancy (“Pool Party”), understated wit (“Small Talk”) and often a finely measured mixture of the two (“Don’t Let The Kids Win”). Emotionally incisive vocals and a majestic command of melody are ever present.

Don't Let the Kids Win

Julia Jacklin

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