JULIA STONE’S NEW ALBUM, SIXTY SUMMERS, OUT TODAY

SIXTY SUMMERS LP, OUT TODAY, VIA ARTS & CRAFTS

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“‘Stone in Pop Princess mode?’ I hear you questioning, perhaps with furrowed brow. Oh, hell, yes! We’re here for her luminescent, poptastic glow-up as well you should be!” - STACK

“Gone is the gently plucked, harmony-laden complexion of her earliest releases. In its place is a highly danceable glam and electropop sound, which bears a closer resemblance to artists like Goldfrapp and Muse than First Aid Kit.” - MUSIC FEEDS

“When you think about the last couple of decades in Australian music, there aren't many voices, if any, that have been as ubiquitous and game changing as that of Julia Stone's.” - ABC ONLINE

“Euphoric” - ROLLING STONE

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Today, Julia Stone releases her third solo album Sixty Summers, via Arts & Crafts. “I wrote this music over so many years, and through different life experiences and moments,” says Stone. “It means a lot to me to finally share with everyone these hidden stories of that time.” 

The album arrives today, alongside the focus single and record title track, “Sixty Summers”. “Sixty Summers” is a tale inspired by Stone’s early twenties, summers spent with friends on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, attending parties and experiencing the visceral elements of Australian summer — “the smell of salt water and sunscreen and mangoes and dead Christmas trees.” In the throes of youthful wonder, one of Stone’s friends turned to her and asked, “Can you believe we’ve only got sixty summers left?” With its warm, reverb-soaked guitar and bright horn section, “Sixty Summers” feels like the perfect soundtrack for that time of the year. “This song is about what you do with your sixty summers,” says Stone. “Do we waste it trying to grapple for more money and comfort, or do we live to make each other happy?” 

LISTEN AND SHARE “SIXTY SUMMERS” HERE

The title track follows the formidable “Fire In Me”, and We All Have (feat. Matt Berninger)” - a tender ballad featuring the unmistakable vocals of The National’s frontman. There’s the dreamy, rose-coloured “Dance”, the ethereal Unreal” and, her first single in more than 8 years, Break” is an exciting song drenched in dazzling moonlit pop. tracks join nine others on Sixty Summers, the scope of which is vast. 

WATCH AND SHARE “UNREAL” HERE

Each previous single has been revealed alongside artwork produced by surrealist Spanish-Croatian artist, Filip Custic, whose work explores the impact of digital technologies on our conscience and sense of identity. Each single is accompanied by award-worthy videos — visual feasts and impeccable partners to the oeuvre of music. For the visuals, Stone collaborated closely a slew of creatives and stars, all the while flexing her own acting and dancing muscles throughout the process. 

Australian director and one of Julia’s oldest friends and long term collaborators, Jessie Hill, brought Break” and Dance” to life – the latter featuring stellar performances by Susan Sarrandon and Danny Glover. Directed by Bonnie Moir, “Unreal” features Australian actor, Damon Herriman (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood). We All Have (feat. Matt Berninger)” was directed by twice ARIA-nominated director, Gabriel Gasparinatos (Baker Boy, ONEFOUR) and features Gabriel's cousin, Jesse Gasparinatos as an Abalone diver from Australia's southernmost town. Director Rhys Day and producer Coralie Tapper were enlisted for Fire In Me”, which features outstanding performances from Australian actor David Wenham (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Van Helsing, 300: Rise Of An Empire) and Jarrad Seng from Survivor AU season 2. 

WATCH “DANCE” STARRING SUSAN SARANDON + DANNY GLOVER

Her first solo album in eight years, Sixty Summers arrives as a powerful rebirth for one of Australia’s most prolific artists. Emerging from the wildernesses of folk and indie-rock, on Sixty Summers Stone dives headfirst into the cosmopolitan, hedonistic world of late-night, moonlit pop. The stunning album brings us the grit and glitter of the city, with all its attendant joys, dangers, romances and risks. It is Stone at her truest, brightest self, a revered icon finally sharing her long, secret love affair with this vibrant and complex genre.

WATCH AND SHARE “FIRE IN ME” HERE

Recorded sporadically over five years from 2015 to 2019, Sixty Summers was shaped profoundly by Stone’s key collaborators on the album: Thomas Bartlett, aka Doveman, and Annie Clark, the Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer known as St. Vincent. Bartlett and Clark were the symbiotic pair Stone needed to realise her first pop vision. A wizard of production and songwriting, Bartlett helped coax Sixty Summers’ independent, elemental spirit from Stone, writing and recording over 30 demos with her at his studio in New York. As a thoroughfare for indie rock luminaries, Bartlett’s studio was perfect fertile ground for Stone’s growth. Previous studio visitors, such as Matt Berninger from The National and Bryce Dessner, ended up on the album. “Making this record with Thomas, I felt so free. I can hear it in the music,” says Stone.

WATCH AND SHARE “BREAK” HERE

Clark, on the other hand, was the incisive yang to Bartlett’s yin. She is a sharp musical polymath who, when presented with the work Bartlett and Stone had made together, expertly fashioned Sixty Summers into the album it was meant to be. Clark sang and played guitar on the record in addition to her production work, and it was her revered touch that brought the sparks out of Stone. “Jules is the best,” Clark says of her experience working with Stone. “We were always fond of each other from afar, but after working on this, we became great friends. She's a brilliant woman — tenacious, perfectionistic, so smart. All fire.”

Sixty Summers is a world unto itself; a surreal and breathtaking new landscape. It finds Stone claiming every part of herself: fire, fury, love, lust, longing. Sixty Summers is an album you can dance to, and one you can lose yourself in completely. 

BUY / STREAM SIXTY SUMMERS HERE

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SIXTY SUMMERS TRACKLIST
01 Break
02 Sixty Summers
03 We All Have
04 Substance
05 Dance
06 Free
07 Who
08 Fire In Me
09 Easy
10 Queen
11 Heron
12 Unreal
13 I Am No One

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JULIA STONE REVEALS VIDEO FOR “FIRE IN ME”

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Just over a week out from the release of her forthcoming third solo album Sixty Summers (out Friday 30 April via Arts & Crafts), Julia Stone has revealed the incredibly striking video for her most recent single “Fire In Me”. The visual for “Fire In Me” follows the award-worthy quality of the videos shot to date for singles so far released from Sixty Summers though with a lot more dirt, danger, and horror than we’ve seen in previous clips. 

Directed by Rhys Day and produced by Coralie Tapper, the “Fire In Me” visual was shot on an isolated cattle station in the remote western Queensland Channel Country. Australian actor David Wenham (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Van Helsing, 300: Rise Of An Empire), Jarrad Seng from Survivor AU season 2 (Julia’s behind the scenes photographer, who stepped into the role of a vampire for the video) and prolific Brisbane dancer Clarence Kent star alongside Julia Stone in a creepy and dark narrative that evokes memories of Mad Max and the Walking Dead. 

WATCH AND SHARE “FIRE IN ME” HERE

Julia Stone declares: “The song is about a fire that drives you. The video echoes different aspects of that fire. We wanted the story to show both the will for survival and the natural urge to be good and do good, against the beauty and harshness of the outback.” 

Director Rys Day speaks on the experience of filming the video: “Having a devastatingly rugged backdrop with that amount of character and colour added a lot of life to each scene. Seeing Julia Stone and David Wenham acting out this adventure on location in a place like that created a story more vivid than I ever could have anticipated. It was an incredible experience shooting in the harsh centre of QLD.”

Producer Coralie Tapper shares more on the video’s creation, “Working with Julia, the cast and crew of Fire In Me saw film in its greatest feats. Transporting 13 crew with three times the amount of luggage, and over 3kgs of coffee, a further 3 hours west of Longreach QLD was a journey of its own. The Australian landscape promotes its roughest self out there but also such rich, simple, pure beauty. Julia Stone, David Wenham battled through with grace and stamina. The whole team behind Fire In Me worked passionately through the elements to present something truly unique and creative (with a few surprises in there also).” 

LISTEN AND SHARE “FIRE IN ME” HERE

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“Fire In Me” is the fifth single from Sixty Summers following We All Have (feat. Matt Berninger)”, “Dance”, “Unreal andBreak. The aforementioned tracks join nine others on Sixty Summers, the scope of which is dizzyingly vast. 

WATCH AND SHARE “BREAK” HERE
BUY / STREAM “BREAK” HERE

Her first solo album in eight years, Sixty Summers arrives as a powerful rebirth for one of Australia’s most prolific artists. Emerging from the wildernesses of folk and indie-rock, on Sixty Summers Stone dives headfirst into the cosmopolitan, hedonistic world of late-night, moonlit pop. The stunning album brings us the grit and glitter of the city, with all its attendant joys, dangers, romances and risks. It is Stone at her truest, brightest self, a revered icon finally sharing her long, secret love affair with this vibrant and complex genre.

WATCH AND SHARE “UNREAL” HERE
BUY / STREAM “UNREAL” HERE

Recorded sporadically over five years from 2015 to 2019, Sixty Summers was shaped profoundly by Stone’s key collaborators on the album: Thomas Bartlett, aka Doveman, and Annie Clark, the Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer known as St. Vincent. Bartlett and Clark were the symbiotic pair Stone needed to realise her first pop vision. A wizard of production and songwriting, Bartlett helped coax Sixty Summers’ independent, elemental spirit from Stone, writing and recording over 30 demos with her at his studio in New York. Itself a thoroughfare for indie rock luminaries, some of whom, such as the aforementioned Matt Berninger from The National and Bryce Dessner, ended up on the album, Bartlett’s studio was perfect fertile ground for Stone’s growth. “Making this record with Thomas, I felt so free. I can hear it in the music,” says Stone.

WATCH “DANCE” STARRING SUSAN SARANDON + DANNY GLOVER
BUY / STREAM “DANCE” HERE

Clark, on the other hand, was the incisive yang to Bartlett’s yin, a sharp musical polymath who, when presented with the work Bartlett and Stone had made together, quickly helped fashion Sixty Summers into the album it was meant to be. Singing and playing guitar on the record in addition to her production work, it was Clark’s revered acidic touch that brought the sparks out of Stone. “Jules is the best,” Clark says of her experience working with Stone. “We were always fond of each other from afar, but after working on this, we became great friends. She's a brilliant girl — tenacious, perfectionistic, so smart. All fire.”

Sixty Summers is a world unto itself, a surreal and breathtaking new landscape. It is an album you can dance to and one you can lose yourself in completely. 

PRE-ORDER SIXTY SUMMERS HERE
PRE-ORDER SIXTY SUMMERS LIMITED GOLD VINYL FROM ARTS & CRAFTS

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SIXTY SUMMERS TRACKLIST
01 Break
02 Sixty Summers
03 We All Have
04 Substance
05 Dance
06 Free
07 Who
08 Fire In Me
09 Easy
10 Queen
11 Heron
12 Unreal
13 I Am No One

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JULIA STONE REVEALS NEW SINGLE “FIRE IN ME” FROM UPCOMING LP

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Julia Stone has today revealed the newest single from her forthcoming album Sixty Summers - “Fire In Me”. With its glam rock stomp and Stone’s haunting vocals, “Fire In Me” is one of Sixty Summers’ most instantly striking tracks. Co-written with Dann Hume, the glamorous pound of “Fire In Me” mirrors the song’s lyrical content, which describes the feeling of “fire in your belly”,  the ability to be, or do, anything one wants. Brightened by a ‘Bond-like’ string section from album co-producer Thomas Bartlett, “Fire In Me” easily evokes the heat and strength of Stone’s lyrics. 

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A compelling and formidable song about the internal strength within everyone, "Fire In Me" highlights Stone’s gift to take us to all the corners of the emotional arena. “For me, "Fire In Me" was about creating a feeling of pure energy,” Stone says of the song. “I love the feeling when the music sounds like what the lyrics mean,” she describes. A true international effort, "Fire In Me" came  together between Sydney with Dann Hume, New York with Thomas Bartlett and in Annie Clark’s (aka St Vincent's) studio in L.A with the horn lines recorded in infamous Sing Sing studios on Chapel St, Melbourne.

"Fire In Me" stands as the fifth taste of Julia Stone’s third solo album Sixty Summers (now due for release on April 30 due to a delay in vinyl production). It follows “We All Have (feat. Matt Berninger)” - a tender ballad featuring unmistakable vocal of The National’s frontman, the dreamy, rose-coloured “Dance”, the ethereal and otherworldly “Unreal” and, her first single in more than 8 years, “Break” - an exciting and dizzying song drenched in dazzling moonlit pop. The aforementioned tracks join nine others on Sixty Summers, the scope of which is dizzyingly vast. 

WATCH AND SHARE “BREAK” HERE
BUY / STREAM “BREAK” HERE

Her first solo album in eight years, Sixty Summers arrives as a powerful rebirth for one of Australia’s most prolific artists. Emerging from the wildernesses of folk and indie-rock, on Sixty Summers Stone dives headfirst into the cosmopolitan, hedonistic world of late-night, moonlit pop. The stunning album brings us the grit and glitter of the city, with all its attendant joys, dangers, romances and risks. It is Stone at her truest, brightest self, a revered icon finally sharing her long, secret love affair with this vibrant and complex genre.

WATCH AND SHARE “UNREAL” HERE
BUY / STREAM “UNREAL” HERE

Recorded sporadically over five years from 2015 to 2019, Sixty Summers was shaped profoundly by Stone’s key collaborators on the album: Thomas Bartlett, aka Doveman, and Annie Clark, the Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer known as St. Vincent. Bartlett and Clark were the symbiotic pair Stone needed to realise her first pop vision. A wizard of production and songwriting, Bartlett helped coax Sixty Summers’ independent, elemental spirit from Stone, writing and recording over 30 demos with her at his studio in New York. Itself a thoroughfare for indie rock luminaries, some of whom, such as the aforementioned Matt Berninger from The National and Bryce Dessner, ended up on the album, Bartlett’s studio was perfect fertile ground for Stone’s growth. “Making this record with Thomas, I felt so free. I can hear it in the music,” says Stone.

WATCH “DANCE” STARRING SUSAN SARANDON + DANNY GLOVER
BUY / STREAM “DANCE” HERE

Miles away from Stone’s past work, Sixty Summers is a world unto itself, a surreal and breathtaking new landscape. Where Stone’s previous solo records, 2010’s The Memory Machine and 2014’s By The Horns, found her grappling with the natural darkness that comes with loving too much, Sixty Summers finds Stone claiming every part of herself: fire, fury, love, lust, longing. Touching on reference points as disparate as the avant-funk of Talking Heads (on ‘Break’) the romantic 2am musings of Serge Gainsbourg (“Free”, “Dance”) and the sleek, ecstatic synth work of Lorde’s Melodrama (“Substance”), Sixty Summers is an album you can dance to and one you can lose yourself in completely. 

PRE-ORDER SIXTY SUMMERS HERE

PRE-ORDER SIXTY SUMMERS LIMITED GOLD VINYL FROM ARTS & CRAFTS

PRAISE FOR JULIA STONE

“Julia Stone: folk pop princess no more.” - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 

“When you think about the last couple of decades in Australian music, there aren't many voices, if any, that have been as ubiquitous and game changing as that of Julia Stone's.” - ABC ONLINE

“Euphoric” - ROLLING STONE

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SIXTY SUMMERS TRACKLIST
01 Break
02 Sixty Summers
03 We All Have
04 Substance
05 Dance
06 Free
07 Who
08 Fire In Me
09 Easy
10 Queen
11 Heron
12 Unreal
13 I Am No One

JULIA STONE ONLINE
WEBSITE 
INSTAGRAM 
FACEBOOK
TWITTER 
SPOTIFY 
APPLE MUSIC
YOUTUBE