Release Date 24th April 2026
Translucent Orchid Red Vinyl LP
Julia Cumming’s solo debut Julia opens with an unadorned declaration of independence: her voice and a piano uniting for a liberating proclamation of self that rejects doubt, misogyny, and the notion of being “too much.” Julia unlocks a creative door years in the making for the New York–born multi-instrumentalist and Sunflower Bean bassist, culminating after nearly two decades of bands, releases, labels, and relentless touring. As Sunflower Bean’s Headful of Sugar era ended in 2023, Cumming decamped to Los Angeles, where a two-year, deeply healing collaboration with producer Brian Robert Jones — her “second artistic puberty” — took shape. Drawing freely from formative influences: Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, and Brian Wilson. Julia emerges as a joyful, anti-cool coming-out: a celebration of the dorks, the misfits, and the enduring truth of being enough.
Tracklist:
A1 My Life
A2 Revel in the Knowledge
A3 Hollywood Communication
A4 Please Let Me Remember This
A5 Emotional Labor
A6 Ruled By Fear
B1 Fucking Closure
B2 I Dream of a Fire That Stays Burning When Nobody Tends It
B3 Do It All Again
B4 Sounds of a Secret
B5 Forget The Rest
