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From catchy pop-rock anthems to intimate acoustic ballads, Juliana's versatile sound appeals to fans of all genres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to her musical accomplishments, Juliana Hatfield is also an accomplished author. She has written several books that offer insight into her creative process and personal experiences within the music industry. Through her writing, she provides readers with a glimpse into the mind of an artist who continues to push boundaries and evolve as both a musician and storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"juliana-hatfield-sings-elo-2","title":"Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"ELO songs were always coming on the radio when I was growing up. They were a reliable source of pleasure and fascination (except for \"Fire On High\" which scared the heck out of me). With this album of covers I wanted to get my hands deep into some of the massive '70's hits but I am also shining a light on some of the later work (\"Ordinary Dream\" from 2001's \"Zoom\" album, \"Secret Messages\" and \"'From The End Of The World\", both from the '80's).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThematically, I identify with the loneliness and alienation and the outerspace-iness in the songs I chose. (I have always felt like I am part alien, not fully belonging to or in this Earth world.) Sonically, ELO recordings are like an amusement park packed with fun musical games with layers and layers of varied, meticulous parts for your ears to explore; production curiosities; huge, gorgeous stacks of awe-inspiring vocal harmony puzzles. My task was to try and break all the things down and reconstruct them subtly until they felt like mine.Overall I stuck pretty close to the originals' structures while figuring out new ways to express or reference the unique and beloved ELO string arrangements. An orchestra would have been difficult or impossible for me to manage to record, nor did I think there was any point in trying to copy those parts as they originally were. Why not try to reimagine them within my zone of limitations? In some cases I transposed string parts onto guitars, or keyboards, and I even sung some of them (as in \"Showdown\" and \"Bluebird Is Dead\").Recording the album was a kind of complicated and drawn-out process since I was doing all of my tracks at home in my bedroom (drums and bass were done by Chris Anzalone and Ed Valauskas, respectively [in their own recording spaces]), and I kept running into technology problems that would frustrate me and slow me up. But eventually I got it all done. 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In fact, she thought her songwriting career was on hiatus, and that she had nothing left to say in song form; that she had finally said it all after two decades as a recording artist. But then the presidential election happened. “All of these songs just started pouring out of me. And I felt an urgency to record them, to get them down, and get them out there.” She booked some time at Q Division studios in Somerville, Massachusetts near her home in Cambridge and went in with a drummer (Pete Caldes), an engineer (Pat DiCenso) and fourteen brand-new songs. Hatfield produced and played every instrument other than drums—bass, keyboards, guitars, vocals. From start to finish—recording through mixing—the whole thing took a total of just twelve and a half days to complete.“It was a blur. It was cathartic,” says Hatfield. “I almost don’t even understand what happened in there, or how it came together so smoothly, so quickly. I was there, directing it all, managing it, getting it all done, but I was being swept along by some force that was driving me. The songs had a will, they forced themselves on me, or out of me, and I did what they told me to do. Even my hands—it felt like they were not my hands. I played bass differently-- looser, more confident, better.” \u003ci\u003ePussycat\u003c\/i\u003e comes on the heels of last year’s Hatfield collaboration with Paul Westerberg, the I Don’t Cares’ \u003ci\u003eWild Stab\u003c\/i\u003e album, and before that, 2015’s Juliana Hatfield Three (\u003ci\u003eMy Sister\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpin The Bottle\u003c\/i\u003e) reunion\/reformation album, \u003ci\u003eWhatever, My Love\u003c\/i\u003e. “I’ve always been prolific and productive and I have a good solid work ethic but this one happened so fast, I didn’t have time to think or plan,” says Hatfield. “I just went with it, rode the wave. And now it is out of my hands. It feels a little scary.” \u003ci\u003ePussycat\u003c\/i\u003e is being released into a very tense, divided and inflamed America. 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