Julia Jacklin, “I Wish”
"Oh, I wish I had help back then/ Oh, I wish I had better friends." That is a truly heavy sentiment, expressed about as directly as it can possibly be. It's the opening line of "I Wish," the devastating new single from the Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin. Get ready for this thing to fuck you up. The post Julia Jacklin – “I Wish” appeared first on Stereogum .
"Oh, I wish I had help back then/ Oh, I wish I had better friends." That is a truly heavy sentiment, expressed about as directly as it can possibly be. It's the opening line of "I Wish," the devastating new single from the Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin. Get ready for this thing to fuck you up.
It's been about four years since Julia Jacklin released Pre Pleasure , her last album. Last month, Jacklin signed to 4AD and announced a big tour and a new LP called The Gem . "I Wish" follows " Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon) " as the new record's second single, and it's one of the periodic songs that Jacklin writes to her younger self. It's a spare, haunted acoustic-guitar reverie with swirling harmony vocals from Elsie and Maggie Rigby, the two siblings who make up the Australian duo the Maes.
This is honestly just a great song. When I was clicking through possible posts this morning, it stopped me in my tracks. Hear it for yourself below.
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