A Broken Dog Leg and Pacing Moment of Over Contemplation on Julia Wallace's Debut

19-year old Perth songwriter Julia Wallace has done something incredible on her debut single Warm Light. In an entirely entrancing track of self orchestration the multi-instrumentalist will devour you. Three minutes of genuine entrapment, impossible to ignore and undeniable in its brilliance.

A two chord piano progression that wanders its way around your head, spiraling and spawning new flourishes of sound that bloom outwards and draw you ever closer to the song. A two chord reprise turns to eight bites of piano that layer and lap over each other to create a dense soundscape, building walls around its listener for Wallace’s haunting vocals to echo within. Drums, cymbals and a heavily synthesised deep vocal bring a depth and vibrancy to the song that makes it feel full of warmth.

A song of overthinking and confusion that lyrically forces the feelings and thoughts during the time of writing into your consciousness. The song paces, flips and dances between relationships, friendships, regrets, a broken dog leg, intention or lack there of, song writing and walking through your house unable to get freedom from your thoughts to know what needs to be said.

Recorded with one microphone precariously placed above an upright piano in Wallace’s shack of a bedroom, and mixed by Jono Steer (Angie McMahon, Gretta Ray), this is a phenomenal debut by a talent who will take no time to leave a lasting impression on you.