Juice Webster is Melbourne’s exciting indie-rock answer to Snail Mail or Phoebe Bridgers
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06.11.2020

Juice Webster is Melbourne’s exciting indie-rock answer to Snail Mail or Phoebe Bridgers

Words by Tom Parker

The emerging songwriter has just released her first single of 2020, ‘Let The Dog Out’.

Led by international talents such as Snail Mail, beabadoobee, Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers, alongside the likes of Julia Jacklin, Stella Donnelly and Alex Lahey at home, there’s a female indie-rock revolution going down in the music world right now.

As these artists enjoy the successes of their stunning, yet equally wily and honest songwriting, there’s a new talent emerging in Melbourne that everyone needs to know.

Meet Juice Webster, an artist inspired by Nick Cave, Aimee Mann and Elliott Smith who is forging her own idiosyncratic sound. Today, Juice arrives with her first single of 2020, ‘Let The Dog Out’, and it’s a lush indie-rock dream.

Recorded in the sleepy coastal town of Blairgowrie in early 2020, the song was produced by Juice’s partner Simon Lam (Kllo) and lyrically explores the uneasy emotions commonly felt when coming face to face with life’s big decisions.

“‘Let The Dog Out’ is about waking up in the morning and straight away anticipating the onset of the heavy feelings that stem from the big questions,” Juice says of the track. “It’s about trying your best to fight them off by going for a walk to be around other people, or by trying to believe in something in order to find meaning, but not quite being able to.

“I didn’t grow up in a religious household, nor did I attend a religious school, but I find that when I’m struggling to comprehend certain events or happenings, I have this real desire to believe in some greater power in order to make sense of them. I, like many other people, feel very affected by unjust stories – bad things happening to good people – and in those moments I just really wish that I truly believed there was a reason for it. ‘Let The Dog Out’ is about this desire.”

‘Let The Dog Out’ arrives alongside a clip crafted by filmmakers Meg Duncan, Geraldine Docherty and Bonita Carzino, that follows Juice as she walks and wanders, trying to make sense of what’s going on in her mind.

Check out the clip below.

Listen to ‘Let The Dog Out’ here. For more on Juice Webster, check out her Bandcamp, Facebook and Instagram.

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