It seems to have been a while since we reviewed the epic 2021 EP ‘More Than Reaction’ from Juice Webster and while we might have missed material since then, it is brilliant to see her back with the ethereal and majestic single ‘Returning’.
Floating over gently dappling instrumentation and graced with the most delicate and heart-breakingly beautiful melodies, this is a triumphant return from Webster. Expressing a raw vulnerability, the track deals with the uncertainties of love and self-doubt with a graceful and haunting melancholy:
I’m wild in the way I’m not there,
My hair is falling out of my head,
I’m gonna shave it off so I’m bare
I watch you through a lens, like sunset,
I like my hair the best when it’s wet,
Reminds me of a place I’ll forget
It is an utterly beautiful track and perfectly captured in the accompanying video filmed and edited by Joey Clough, as Webster performs on a wild and bleak coastline:
‘Returning’ is out now through Cohort Records and available to stream and download here.
Webster has also announced her debut album entitled ‘JULIA’, due out on 15 September. You can pre-order here.
