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Julia Jackin

Scrappy indie rock charmer Ezra Furman completes a loose trilogy of

philosophical rock’n’roll albums with All Of Us Flames, combining her
trademark clash of lyrical neurosis and freewheeling musical spirit to

manifest the party at the end of civilisation. The swooning indie doo-wop of

Dressed In Black is delivered with rock’n’roll rawness, religious imagery
infuses the clattering roots rock of Book Of Our Names (Furman started

then paused rabbinical training) while Forever in Sunset is pure
entertaining melodrama with an indie Springsteen flourish.

Australian singer/songwriter Julia Jacklin kicks up her heels briefly on her
new album but Pre Pleasure is mostly meditative in mood. She laments a

distant relationship with her mother on Less of a Stranger, and digs up a

childhood memory of performing in Jesus Christ Superstar for the witty but
wistful Lydia Wears A Cross, conveying a front porch intimacy in the same