Julie Christmas share new single »Thin Skin«; second full-length album »Ridiculous And Full Of Blood« out June 14th via Red Creek Recordings!

Julie Christmas has released a visualizer video for new single »Thin Skin« taken from her second full-length album, »Ridiculous And Full Of Blood«, set to release on June 14th, 2024 via Red Creek Recordings.

Tracklist:
01. Not Enough
02. Supernatural
03. The Ash
04. Thin Skin
05. End Of The World
06. Silver Dollars
07. Kids
08. Lighthouse
09. Blast
10. Seven Days

Courtesy of Red Creek Recordings:

Through a mixture of her work fronting Made Out Of Babies, her collaborations with Cult Of Luna and her 2010 solo album »The Bad Wife«, Julie Christmas has become a visionary adored by alternative music’s fan-base. And now, after 14 years, she’s finally releasing her second record under her own name.

»Ridiculous And Full Of Blood« is the most comprehensive declaration of this musician’s talents yet, assisted by a staggering array of talent. Guitarist/vocalist Johannes Persson (Cult Of Luna), drummer Chris Enriquez (Spotlights), bassist/producer Andrew Schneider (kenMODE/Unsane), guitarist John LaMacchia (Candiria) and keyboardist Tom Tierney (On The Might Of Princes) were all paramount in bringing these new, genre-smashing tunes to life.

“We’re all friends, I love the guys in this band,” Christmas says. “They make it look easy. I’m playing with people who are musicians through and through. They’re really talented and smart, and they’re just great people.”

Photo by Fred Gervais

Those talents shine through in myriad ways across »Ridiculous And Full Of Blood«’s 10 songs, from noise rock to punk via shoegaze and alt-pop. Meanwhile, lyrically, Christmas and her collaborators have “brought out different parts of the character that I am”. Even the album’s title, »Ridiculous And Full Of Blood«, was penned as a tongue-in-cheek description of how Christmas views herself.

“If you are throwing yourself into life it can and should get wild!,” she explains. “One day we were at Damnation Festival in front of all these people, then 24 hours later I was back at work, teaching kids how to make solar panels. That’s me: ridiculous and full of blood!”

Although Christmas took 14 years to make a full-length follow-up to »The Bad Wife«, there’s no doubting that this successor is more than worth the wait. Its impossible-to-pigeonhole songs are destined to not only reinforce the love fans already have for this peerless creative; they’ll certainly win over countless newcomers, as well.

– Matt Mills, March 2024

Pre-orders now available on red-crk.com
For America: usa.red-crk.com
Stream »Thin Skin« everywhere: orcd.co/thinskin

»Thin Skin« credits:
Written by Julie Christmas, John Lamacchia and Chris Enriquez.
Produced by Andrew Schneider.
Recorded by Andrew Schneider & Tom Tierney Recorded at Acre Audio, Spaceman Sound, Raw Recording.
Additional engineering assistance by Jean-Christophe Santalis.
Mixed by Andrew Schneider at Acre Audio.
Mastered by Bob Weston at Electrical Mastering Service.
Photography by Fred Gervais
Animation and visualizer by Max Loriot

Line-up:
Julie Christmas – Vocals
Chris Enriquez – Drums and Percussion
John Lamacchia – Guitar
Tom Tierney – Keyboards and Synthesizers
Andrew Schneider – Bass

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well