By OMAR
Anjulie.
I met Anjulie in like ‘04 at the release party for De La’s The Grind Date. She as giving out fliers for a show she had coming up and we got to talking and from there, became friends. She had moved to NYC from Toronto, trying to get a deal and she was grinding HARD. Like playing out in front of label offices all day, doing a couple of gigs a week, doing her own promo & press, etc… I eventually helped set up a performance at Cornerstone, where I was working at the time, trying to get her some more exposure. I think from there she ended up getting up with BlackSmith, Kweli’s label.
I haven’t talked to her as much the last few years. There have been intermittent emails and phone calls, but you know how it goes sometimes…
That said, It felt real good to get an email today about her new EP. Check out the details below…
Born to immigrant parents from Guyana and raised in Toronto, the now Los Angeles-based 26 year old Anjulie is an intriguing, authentic new voice on the pop landscape. With melodic gifts, vocal prowess and sophistication, she announces herself as a true original on her debut Boom EP and forthcoming self-titled album for Hear Music. Co-written with her producer and collaborator Jon Levine (of Canadian R&B hit makers the Philosopher Kings), Anjulie sets intensely personal stories about her life, loves, obsessions and heartbreaks to a glittering genre-blending mix of pop, hip-hop, rock and world rhythms she heard growing up.
The slinky opening track, “Boom,” works a dark, Nancy Sinatra-esque ’60s vibe, while the sweet pop sophistication of “Love Songs” and “Day Will Soon Come” exhibit her personal and musical confessions come to life. Much like her contemporaries Nelly Furtado, Corinne Bailey Rae and Lily Allen, Anjulie is ready to carve out her own essential place in popular music with this versatile, confident, eclectic introduction.
Check out her myspace. Click here to buy the EP on iTunes and Amazon.
Also, you can download her fist single: Boom.
