Julia Pratt fears her home may not recognize her anymore on "Carolina"
JULIA PRATT FEARS HER HOME MAY NOT RECOGNIZE HER ANYMORE ON NEW SINGLE “CAROLINA” — STREAM
FIRST SINGLE FROM FORTHCOMING EP
SINGLE ARRIVES WITH OFFICIAL VIDEO — PART ONE OF WHAT WILL BECOME THE EP’S SHORT FILM — WATCH
UPCOMING TOUR DATES SUPPORTING AMOS LEE, FLIPTURN AND ANGIE MCMAHON + PERFORMANCE AT GREEN RIVER FESTIVAL
Philadelphia’s Julia Pratt releases “Carolina,” the first single from her forthcoming EP, out now via RECORDS. Baring her most core anguish through music, from the destruction of her family, to her lived experiences as a woman of color, Pratt’s new music is her most therapeutic and necessary writing to date. While applying R&B techniques to indie-folk, her sky-grazing music exists to let listeners know they were never alone — Stream “Carolina.”
On “Carolina,” Pratt folds all of her history into a haunting song about returning to someone, something, someplace you used to love, but just can’t seem to recognize anymore. The song’s layered exploration of identity, of what it means to be a daughter grown and changed, of searching for home, matches the echoey wordless harmonies and loping guitar. With her youth full of questioning and conflict, Pratt now turns inward for her present conviction of identity.
“‘Carolina’ is about returning to a person/place that was once called home and realizing that it is no longer that,” shares Pratt. “The song that spawned this project, ‘Carolina’ recounts a moment when I returned back to North Carolina, the place where my family ended, and was hit with the true realization that it was all over. I struggled to accept that I am not who I was then, and it pained me to think that this place, that has held so much significance in my life, may not even recognize me anymore. ‘Carolina’ is about belonging, loss, grief, and the concept of home, told through the eyes of a woman who feels she has no place in this world.”
Today’s single also arrives with an official video, the first part of what will become the EP’s short film. Directed by Samantha D’Alessio and filmed in isolated landscapes of nature, Pratt conjures up the same level of vulnerable intensity in her physical portrayal as she does in her lyricism — Watch.
In the upcoming months, Pratt will be joining tour dates with Amos Lee, flipturn and Angie McMahon. And in June, she will join the lineup of Green River Festival alongside Fleet Foxes, Cake and more. See all upcoming tour dates here and below.
UPCOMING TOUR DATES
March 18 - Washington, DC - The Atlantis * (SOLD OUT)
March 20 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom * (SOLD OUT)
March 21 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg * (SOLD OUT)
March 23 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live * (SOLD OUT)
March 25 - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz * (SOLD OUT)
March 26 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair * (SOLD OUT)
April 19 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club ^ (SOLD OUT)
May 7 - Bowling Green, KY - SkyPAC #
May 13 - Huntington, WV - Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center #
May 14 - Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium #
May 16 - Wilmington, NC - Greenfield Lake Amphitheater #
May 17 - Washington DC - Warner Theatre #
May 18 - New Brunswick, NJ - State Theatre New Jersey #
May 20 - Albany, NY - The Egg #
May 21 - Boston, MA - MGM Music Hall at Fenway #
May 22 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Paramount #
May 24 - Ridgefield, CT - Ridgefield Playhouse #
May 25 - Portland, ME - State Theatre #
June 21 - Greenfield, MA - Green River Festival
* supporting Angie McMahon
^ supporting flipturn
# supporting Amos Lee
All tour info here
Over the last couple of years, Pratt has seen her influence bubbling up in Philadelphia and beyond. After a serendipitous online encounter that caught the attention of fellow Philadelphians and indie-folk giants Mt. Joy, the artists joined forces for the intimately aching “A Little Love.” With that new wind under her wings, she then went on to release her Two to Tango EP. Her stunning live session for WXPN and opening for Brandi Carlile, The Revivalists and The Head And The Heart, mixed with her ever-maturing songwriting, have primed Pratt for the release of her upcoming EP.
ABOUT JULIA PRATT
Julia Pratt understands the bond that binds us to our family. Chosen or blood. And if you’re willing to take the first step, your experience could be the perfect bridge for connection. “The world is full of painful, beautiful experiences, and I share them to heal myself, to build connection, to fight the loneliness,” singer-songwriter Julia Pratt says with a knowing smile. On the 23-year-old’s new EP, Pratt dissects her own heart, her complicated relationship with her father, her experience as a woman of color in America, and lays it all bare on the operating table in the hopes that you’ll feel the courage to do the same.
Pratt’s experience as a woman of color plays into the EP’s wary eye to the past. Between not feeling Black enough for her mom’s side of the family or white enough for parts of Southern culture, Pratt’s youth was full of a questioning and internal conflict—what surely must have been a terrible weight to carry, but manifests in the EP’s powerful self-inspection and her present conviction of identity.
Over the course of the upcoming EP’s five tracks, she explores pains and memories without ever wallowing, instead propelling Pratt’s innermost feelings into captivating slices of musical catharsis. “I'm at a place now where I'm okay with who I am,” she says. “You can claim me or not claim me, but I'm here.” And with enough time spent with this inspirational and thrilling EP, listeners might just be able to reach that same conviction.
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