There’s a striking amount of melancholy and nostalgia in ‘Cold In Your Town’. Spacious and icy, the piece moves with firm yet poised charisma, layering gloomy lyrical imagery over heartwarming acoustic guitars and abstract textures. Crowning it all, we find Julie Paschke’s hypnotic, luscious vocals, even bordering on the dreamy and the ethereal, at times. Hailing from Melbourne, the Australian songstress has positively impressed us, and perhaps even taken us by surprise. You see, while the sonic formula behind her material is not complex or new, the way she’s able to deliver it all is highly introspective and raw, uncovering an artistic space that’s dark, yet meaningful.
‘Cold In Your Town’ ships with a like-minded music video that does a good job of mirroring the song’s expansive and cathartic allure. Featuring visuals of large American open spaces and an eerie cemetery, it’s the perfect companion for such an intriguing and personal song. Paschke leaves it all quite open-ended, with each listener free to interpret the song as they please. We appreciate that, as it adds a mysterious, legendary aura that depicts Julie as an enigmatic, far-reaching mirage.
Delving deeper into the song, Paschke explains: “My songs are generally more streams of consciousness than planned out or written about anything in particular. As is often said by songwriters, the lyrics tend to make sense after the fact. They generally allude to delusions and troubled psyches, difficulties in connecting and the quagmire of human interactions.”
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