Juliet Gough

New single: Rays Around the Sun

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Juliet Gough’s single “Rays Around the Sun”, from her debut album of the same name, is released for the first time in Britain. The single stayed in massive rotation for almost a year on Danish national radio, and is now spearheading her forage into England where Juliet has family roots.

The album “Rays Around the Sun” is produced by two seasoned veterans considered at the forefront of their respective genres in Denmark: gospel legend, Marie Carmen Koppel and the renowned blues organist Dan Hemmer. Together with Juliet’s spirited voice, the sound brings together the warmth of Midwestern Americana with the serene melancholy of the Scandinavian highlands, combining the exalted celebration of gospel with the soulful longing of blues.

Juliet puts a twist on the singer/songwriter tradition, making music that’s easily accessible, catchy and could easily be mistaken for pop songs at first exposure, yet reveals astounding depth at repeated listening. The album is full of love songs that seem traditional at first sight, but for a handful of mysterious symbolic references that leaves you wondering whether the lover referenced throughout the album is indeed a human being - or some other entity, maybe celestial in nature.

After successfully promoting her album in Denmark Juliet returns to Britain where her family also has strong musical roots. Her great grandmother, Adelaine Rose, played piano for silent film, and her grandfather was an avid jazz musician. She has already played a series of intimate concerts in smaller venues to get a feel for and acclimatize her to the English audience, and is now getting ready to launch a full tour.

Apart from the track “Rays around the sun” the single contains 2 extra tracks- all of the tracks are briefly described in the attachment.

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Contents:

Rays around the sun: A classic singer songwriter production, it showcases Juliet’s pristine voice, contrasting its naïve timbre with her profound lyrics. The track is upbeat, energetic and has a classic, gritty rock sound accompanying Juliet on the melodic verses and a catchy hook that kept the single in heavy rotation for a year on Danish national radio! Yet in-depth listening reveal lyrical sentiments not usually found in mainstream pop: Not afraid to stand by her spirituality, Juliet openly sings about her yearning for humanity to transcend the veils of ignorance, let go of ego and “flow forever free” into the sweetest of mysteries. Exploring the liberating qualities of freedom and love, such lofty feelings doesn’t cause her to lose her grounding though – the text anchors solidly in the human experience, broken yet openhearted, and surprisingly never compromises the great melody and popular appeal.

Knight of the wands is an ode to a lionhearted lonely rider, a long lost love who seems to pervade existence to such an extent that we can’t help but to question his nature. Musically it draws from a variety of sources, Juliet’s soft-spoken voice serenading in a southwestern drawl over an Indian composition of Tablas and a guitar filtered to match the twang of sitars. Sprinkled with delicate Fender Rhodes harmonics, it freely references The Beatles psychedelic period and convincingly takes the sound into the 21st century,

Sweet Angel-Blue Juliet’s Scandinavian influence shines through in the production with its detached and melancholic delivery, slightly introspective lyrics and pristine atmospherics reminiscent of vast open landscapes. Lyrically it explores the emotional and spiritual qualities of the element of water, as always with Juliet in the guise of a love song, although much more direct in its analogies than the other tracks with its mention of angels and praise. As such it continues the strong tradition of vivid and passionate poets of the Sufi tradition as Rumi and Hafiz, evident from the frequent metaphoric use of rain and the healing abilities ascribed to it.

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