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MOONFACE JULIA WITH BLUE JEANS ON Barbarian Since January 2010, Spencer Krug has used Moonface as a venue for home-recorded instrumental and Everyone is Noah, Everyone is conceptual experimentation, expanding the ideas he developed collaboratively with Wolf Parade, Sunset the Ark Rubdown, and Frog Eyes. Releases under this moniker have come quickly, each distinct from the other. The Barbarian II Dreamland EP and Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I’d Hoped were conceptual excursions merging November 2011 instrumental and thematic fixations. After moving from Montreal to Helsinki, Krug teamed up with the Dreamy Summer Finnish band Siinai to create a lush rock record—2012’s Heartbreaking Bravery—driven by the dark despair Julia with Blue Jeans On of a breakup. Staying in Helsinki, Krug set off on yet another creative departure, driven by a rediscovery of Love the House You're In love and a reconsideration of the Moonface persona he’d created for himself. The quietly stunning Julia with First Violin Blue Jeans On is the fourth Moonface release, bringing a degree of intimacy and self-reflection unlike Black is Back in Style anything Krug has produced to date. Your Chariot Awaits There are only two sonic elements on Julia: Spencer Krug’s voice and his piano. Richly recorded, they interact seamlessly with one another. On the opening track “Barbarian,” the piano unfolds with the hypnotic energy CATALOG #: JAG222 of Keith Jarrett’s Koln Concert, Krug’s right hand doubling his vocal melody. On the closing track “Your RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 29, 2013 Chariot Awaits,” Krug’s voice recedes after a minute as the piano swells for an extended showcase with FORMAT: CD/LP/DIGITAL modern classical undertones. After nearly a decade, across a number of guises, we are well-acquainted with CD BOX LOT: 30 Krug’s inimitable town-crier vocals; on Julia, we are introduced to a facet of his musical skill that feels LP BOX LOT: 25 conservatory-trained. This is Krug as singer-songwriter, moving beyond star poses to a vision that is at once GENRE: ALTERNATIVE/INDIE ROCK more elegant and comfortable. KEY MARKETS: NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, AUSTIN, Or, in Krug’s own language, on “Barbarian II”: “I have chewed through my beautiful narrative.” Much of Julia PHOENIX, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE, is taken with this chewing. “Love the House You’re In” opens by masquerading as self-pity, with a statement PORTLAND that reads like a press release from someone who’s given up. “I regretfully withdraw my offer to try and improve myself,” Krug gently sings, establishing a self-reflexive foundation upon which he builds the album’s most universal, humanistic sentiment, and which he delivers via its most soaring melody. VINYL NOT RETURNABLE Purposeful self-evaluation is one tactic for reinvention, but as Krug illustrates on Julia’s title track, everyday occurrences can prove transformative as well. The sight of a woman, clad in denim, briefly visible at the bottom of a staircase, he learns, is capable of “obliterating everything I’ve ever written down.” “Julia” is an ode in the classical sense, pivoting around the beauty inherent in the most simple, taken-for-granted sights. Krug acknowledges this, opening the song by admitting that “it’s a madman’s game, making the commonplace unreal.” What he leaves out in this admission, however, is the key to the countless charms of Julia with Blue CD UPC: 656605222226 Jeans On: by expertly playing this ridiculous game, he can erase the madness that spawned it. SELLING POINTS LP UPC: 656605222219 1. Spencer Krug lifts Moonface out of the pulsating din of “Heartbreaking Bravery”, sits down alone at the piano, and forges his most epic, intimate album to date. 2. Spencer has garnered critical praise and a rabidly loyal fanbase in the Moonface realm, as well in other incarnations Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Swan Lake, and Frog Eyes DIGITAL UPC: 656605222264 3. US & EU tour scheduled for the fall of 2013 EXCLUSIVELY DISTRIBUTED BY SC DISTRIBUTION PHONE: (812) 335-1572 / FAX: (888) 678-0167 US DOMESTIC SALES CONTACT SHELLY WESTERHAUSEN 1499 WEST SECOND STREET SHELLY SCDISTRIBUTION.COM < @ > BLOOMINGTON, IN 47403 INTERNATIONAL SALES CONTACT KRAEGAN GRAVES WWW.JAGJAGUWAR.COM <[email protected]>.

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