Lights Record Label

14/08/2024

Summertime Waits For You, on YouTube. Song story out this Friday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBM88K8T1-c

25/07/2024

Here's the Music You Never Heard: YouTube

Bonus track from my album Familiar Drama. This is one of two B-sides to accompany Familiar Drama. Produced by Jules Kerr. Mixed by John Lawrie. Additional vo...

16/07/2024

This has crept up. Next Thursday, my two B-sides will be out in the world. 😬

11/07/2024

The shadow of drama and the fog of trauma. Which gets our attention?

How to know the difference

08/07/2024

The title track from Familiar Drama is now on YouTube. Song story (number 4/10) coming on Friday. And here's an excerpt about this song from my interview with David James Young at the Music in November last year.

"Kerr explains that the phrase Familiar Drama came to her while writing the title track – a song, she claims, took “maybe 20 minutes” to arrive fully-formed. Normally a piano player, Kerr wrote the song on guitar: “I don't know heaps of [guitar] chords,” she confesses, “but the challenge then is to work within those limitations. Getting away from the piano actually forces me to think differently about songwriting, and having a different approach like that can be really encouraging.

“I loved the way 'familiar drama' sounded when I landed on that lyric. Once I had that, I was able to riff off it and the rest came together super quickly. It's a straightforward song, but that's offset by this huge chorus. Simon [Cohen, co-producer] helped me to create this chorus that really feels like a kick in the guts – I love how exciting it feels on the record, because I know you're not expecting it.”

Familiar Drama was produced by Simon Cohen, John Lawrie, and Jules. Mixed by Simon Cohen. Mastered by Steve Smart. Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Studios 3...

03/07/2024

https://www.instagram.com/familiardrama

03/06/2024

More from my interview with Howl on their Instagram page today. I thought I’d share more snippets for those who wanted to read it as it is behind a paywall. 💛💛💛

10/04/2024

8 years ago, I released Even Now, a duet with Julian McGruther. This song is drenched in immense grief after losing my father, my uncle, and my niece in the space of three short months. “They say, time heals, but I’m not so sure.”

Even Now features Julian McGruther and is found on Julie Kerr's album, Carry On. (All rights reserved. Lights Record Label Pty Ltd 2016)www.lightsrecordlabel...