Sad Girls Smile The Brightest With KARLY JEWELL

Interview by Kris Peters
Reward for effort is not a phrase generally used in the music
industry, with countless bands and musicians paying their dues
thousands of times over and still not finding that elusive pathway
to the next level. But occasionally you see the music Gods smiling
down on one of their own by rewarding them with a more universal
platform, in the process opening that band/artist up to a whole
world of possibilities they may never have known existed.
Melbourne rock/pop artist Karly Jewell has recently found herself
in this welcome situation after years of pouring her heart and soul
into music when she signed with emerging label XMusic. It's not so
much the signing to a label that is significant here, it's more a
case that someone in a position of influence in the music industry
finally believes. Believes in her. Believes in her music. Believes
in the future of Karly Jewell and her self-titled band.
With a number of new songs already written and recorded, Jewell
attracted the attention of XMusic with her upcoming single, Sad
Girl, which will premiere via HEAVY this Friday, June 14. It is a
catchy tune, with meaty hooks in the right places, and dripping
with enough attitude to have disenfranchised teens come running in
the direction of musical salvation.
Jewell sat down with HEAVY to discuss the signing and new
single.
"I am so excited," she beamed, "because I have been sitting on this
song for months now. Since last year, I believe. Just knowing how
it turned out was exciting, but being able to share it after
waiting and waiting… I'm excited now I have a label behind me and
heaps of cool stuff coming up - which we'll talk about later. Now's
the right time to get this song out. I'm pleased I held onto it.
And it's a cool song (laughs)."
In the full interview, Karly talks more about Sad Girl musically
and what it's about, the slightly different sonic direction to her
previous releases, where it stands in the scheme of a possible
future album release, signing to XMusic, what things that opens up
to her and her band, new bass player Mick Jones and what he brings,
their upcoming tour of Japan, future plans and more.


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