Over the past four years, Juliana Hatfield has kept fans engaged and intrigued as she oscillates between impassioned original releases (Pussycat, Weird) and inspired covers collections (Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John, Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police). This year she returns with her latest album of originals, Blood, out May 14, 2021.
ELO songs were always coming on the radio when I was growing up. They were a reliable source of pleasure and fascination (except for “Fire On High” which scared the heck out of me). With this album of covers I wanted to get my hands deep into some of the massive ‘70’s hits but I am also shining a light on some of the later work (“Ordinary Dream” from 2001’s “Zoom” album, “Secret Messages” and “’From The End Of The World”, both from the ‘80’s).
2018 release from the critically-adored indie singer/songwriter. Juliana takes on 14 Olivia Newton-John classics and deep cuts to honor one of her childhood heroes.
Just a few months ago, Juliana Hatfield released Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John, a full album of Olivia Newton-John covers. And early next year, she’s already coming back with Weird, a new self-produced album of 11 original songs. While Hatfield’s last album of originals, last year’s politically charged Pussycat, found her taking stock of the world around her, Weird instead finds her retreating inwards.
"With "Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police" I am continuing the project that I started last year with my "Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John" album. I hope to continue to go deep into covering artists that were important to me in my formative years. The songs I’ve chosen seem to resonate in the present moment. “Rehumanize Yourself”, “Landlord”, and “Murder By Numbers” explore ugly kinds of nationalism, abuses of power, and the mendacity of large swaths of the ruling class. And then there are the timeless, relatable psychodramas: “Every Breath You Take”, “Can’t Stand Losing You”, “Canary In A Coalmine”. In the Police, each player’s style was so distinctive, accomplished and unique that I didn’t even attempt to match any of it; for anyone to try and play drums like Stewart Copeland would be a thankless, pointless task that is bound to fail… - Juliana Hatfield
Juliana Hatfield has announced a new album called Pussycat, which is coming April 28 via American Laundromat. Hatfield wrote the album as a reaction to the 2016 presidential election. “All of these songs just started pouring out of me,” she said in a statement. “I felt an urgency to record them, to get them down, and get them out there.” It features songs called “Short-Fingered Man” and “Kellyanne.” The full-length follows last year’s project with Paul Westerberg, Wild Stab, as the I Don’t Cares. The Juliana Hatfield Three’s last album Whatever, My Love was released in 2015.
The Loyal Seas are Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, Breeders, Belly) and Brian Sullivan (Dylan in the Movies). Their debut full-length features 10 glorious originals available on CD, LP and Cassette. Mastered by Sean Glonek at SRG studios (Matthew Sweet, Juliana Hatfield, Waxahatchee), with original artwork by Nicole Anguish at Daykamp Creative (Nada Surf, Letters to Cleo, Lake Street Dive).