Award-winning singer-songwriter Julian Taylor plans to release a new retrospective album – Anthology Vol. 1 out on 20th October.
Americana/folk singer-songwriter Julian Taylor has shared plans to release a new retrospective album on 20th October 2023. Anthology Vol. 1, will be released via Taylor’s custom Howling Turtle, Inc. label, with distribution via Warner Music/ADA, on all major digital platforms; a limited double-vinyl edition is expected to follow later in the year.
In addition to 15 vintage tracks, Taylor has added a trio of all-new songs exclusive to Anthology Vol. 1 that serve to bridge the gap between the old and the new, with the forward-leaning songwriting template he forged during the making of his two most recent solo LPs – The Ridge and Beyond the Reservoir. Each of these three new tracks — the reflective singalong drive of ‘Georgia Moon‘, the transient travelogue that is ‘City Song‘, and the plaintive acceptance of ‘Long Time Ago’ — confirm Taylor’s increasingly ascendent creative trajectory.
Tracking the full arc of his career from the formative days as a member of Staggered Crossing to the genesis of his own Julian Taylor Band collective to his ultimate transformation into a soothsaying solo artiste of the highest caliber, the album explores Taylor’s visceral storytelling, which has long been a primary focus for him as a songwriter. “With my words, I’ve always attempted to make sure that what people are hearing, they can also see,” he explains. “That’s how I write most of my lyrics. The main things I focus on as a songwriter are visual lyrics and life lessons. I write a lot about heartbreak and love. I try to write mostly about the human condition because I think that’s my job.”
