Julia Jacklin details ‘The Gem’
‘The Gem’ by Julia Jacklin
Available on LP, CD, cassette and all digital platforms on 25th September
The fourth studio album from Julia Jacklin, The Gem, will be released on 25th September and marks the Australian musician’s debut release on 4AD.
+ Pre-order webstore exclusive Green Opal LP from the 4AD Store here, plus limited signed prints +
+ Pre-order Turquoise vinyl from your favourite indie store here +
+ Pre-order Ruby vinyl for access to solo UK and IE instores here +
+ Pre-save on all digital platforms +
Today, Julia also shares the first single, ‘Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)’. Premiered by triple j radio, ‘Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)’ is a bold and fun nod to eighties jangle rock and to the Melbourne sound she fell in love with. The single’s companion visualiser created by Jacklin joyfully reimagines The Gem’s striking album cover art.
+ Listen to ‘Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)’ here +
In two weeks, Jacklin heads to the UK and Ireland for a solo tour of indie stores, offering fans the first chance to hear songs from The Gem performed live. The in-store performances and signing sessions will take place in Dublin (Spindizzy. 28th June), Brighton (Resident, 29th June), London (Rough Trade East, 30th June), Liverpool (Jacaranda, 2nd July) and Nottingham (Rough Trade, 3rd July).
+ Find all details on the solo performances here +
The Gem was produced by Jacklin and Robert Muinos and recorded entirely in Melbourne. The 10-track album will be released digitally and on CD, cassette and vinyl on 25th September worldwide. Exclusive colour vinyl editions across 4AD and artist webstores, plus indie retailers, will include Turquoise, Green Opal, Ruby, and Rose Quartz. Australian fans can also visit JB Hi-Fi and Happy Valley for more details.
“I want to love and be loved, but I also want to be free. The tension between those two things has been the central question of my life,” says Jacklin. It’s also the theme that underpins The Gem.
When Jacklin first moved to Melbourne from Sydney in 2017, she discovered a little bar on a back street in Collingwood, where bands pushed dining tables to the side and set up in a corner on the floor. She didn’t know anyone in town but knew she wanted to make the city her home, so she started hanging out there, forcing herself out of her comfort zone. The pub was named The Gem.
Fast forward eight years and Jacklin, with three celebrated solo records under her belt – Don’t Let The Kids Win (2016), Crushing (2019), and PRE PLEASURE (2022) – was looking to make a fourth. With time on her hands – she was out of contract with her record label, was searching for a manager – she decided to make the record at home in Melbourne, something she’d never done before.
She called up an old drinking buddy Robert Muinos, owner of Rat Shack studios, which is located above The Gem, and brought in friends Jacob Diamond (guitar), Mimi Gilbert (bass), and Jess Elwood (drums). Recording happened in close quarters, in converted hotel room accommodation upstairs at the pub. As it was a residential bar, they couldn’t record late into the night for fear of bothering the neighbour and sound bleed was a glorious constraint: foot traffic to the hairdresser and the tattoo parlour next door, loud music from the bands and the kitchen crew downstairs. If anyone needed a break from the sessions, they would venture downstairs and watch a band playing. Jacklin and the band even played two unannounced shows there to try out the songs before recording them.
They thought they’d smash out the record in two weeks, like she’d always done, but that wasn’t the case. In fact, it took nearly a year of tinkering to arrive at something Jacklin could get behind. “The Gem felt like a metaphor for the whole process, because a lot of it did feel like digging. I felt like I was doing it almost in the dark, just trusting I was going to find something.” It conjures images of excavation, of reinvention, of trusting your instincts and surrounding yourself with the people and things that make life worthwhile. It’s a soaring document of the songwriter’s journey back to herself.
The band got matching tattoos on the last day of The Gem sessions: a neat little circle to represent an opal – Jacklin’s favourite gemstone. Fittingly, one of the bartenders at The Gem did it. “It did really feel like we’d done something special together. And I think as a group, it felt important to commemorate it. I’m glad we all have these little gems on us.”
Julia Jacklin – The Gem
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1. Brand New
2. God Sometimes
3. If I Had The Hand Of God
4. The Hardest Thing
5. Angel Vision
6. Real Life
7. Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)
8. You Turned On The Tap
9. Walk On Me
10. I Wish [feat. The Maes]
To celebrate the release of The Gem, Julia Jacklin will tour North America, UK and Europe beginning October 2026 and throughout 2027. A full list of dates can be found below. Tickets for all shows are now on sale, available here.
June 2026
28th – Spindizzy (solo performance + signing), Dublin, Ireland
29th – Resident (solo performance + signing), Brighton, UK
30th – Rough Trade East (solo performance + signing), London, UK
July
2nd – Jacaranda (solo performance + signing), Liverpool, UK
3rd – Rough Trade (solo performance + signing), Nottingham, UK
October
20th – The Observatory North Park, San Diego CA, US
22nd – The Wiltern, Los Angeles CA, US
23rd – The Castro Theatre, San Francisco CA, US
26th – Crystal Ballroom, Portland OR, US
27th – Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, Canada
28th – The Moore Theatre, Seattle WA, US
30th – Metro Music Hall, Salt Lake City UT, US
31st – Gothic Theatre, Denver CO, US
November
2nd – Studio at Bomb Factory, Dallas TX, US
3rd – Radio/East, Austin TX, US
4th – White Oak Music Hall (Downstairs), Houston TX, US
6th – Variety Playhouse, Atlanta GA, US
7th – Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville TN, US
9th – Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro NC, US
10th – Lincoln Theatre, Washington DC, US
11th – Mr. Small’s Theatre, Pittsburgh PA, US
13th – First Avenue, Minneapolis MN, US
14th – The Riviera Theatre, Chicago IL, US
15th – Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, US
17th – Théâtre Beanfield, Montreal QC, US
19th – Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn NY, US
20th – Royale, Boston MA, US
21st – Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA, US
February 2027
13th – Town Hall, Birmingham, UK
14th – Albert Hall, Manchester, UK
15th – National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
17th – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, UK
18th – Beacon, Bristol, UK
19th – Eventim Apollo, London UK
21st – Le Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
22nd – Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
23rd – Kent Club, Hamburg, Germany
24th – DR Koncerthuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
26th – Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
27th – Cabaret Sauvage, Paris, France
March
1st – La [2] de Apolo, Barcelona, Spain
2nd – Sala Mon Live, Madrid, Spain
3rd – LAV, Lisbon, Portugal
