Julia Jacklin and RVG have collaborated on a cover of Björk’s 1995 single ‘Army of Me’, as part of Melbourne’s RISING: SINGLES CLUB.
The RISING project sees a monthly release of lunar-themed tunes: “a series of specially commissioned, celestial space jams, from some of our favourite musicians.” An apt soundtrack for all those spiritual hoes that have spent the past week freezing their bollocks off, gazing at the moon.
“I just love Björk and I love RVG,” Julia Jacklin says of the cover. “I was running on a treadmill which I don’t do very often and I was listening to ‘Army of Me’ over and over again to make me feel stronger than I am. Then I thought why not try and cover this song with another artist that makes me feel stronger than I am and I did!
“Was a good musical punch in the face to wake me up from a year of living a very small quiet life. RVG are one of my favourite bands in the whole world and it was just a real blessing to spend some time with them making music.”
Romy Vagar of RVG ads, “We adore Julia’s music and were thrilled when she asked us to do a precious Björk song with her.
“I think we all wanted to challenge ourselves a bit and do things we haven’t done before in a studio, while at the same time just having fun and letting ourselves be as intuitive as possible.” Listen to the cover below.
Listen to Julia Jacklin and RVG cover Björk’s ‘Army of Me’
Melbourne’s highly-anticipated RISING festival was forced to pause its program following Melbourne’s seven-day lockdown. All Rising events will be cancelled from 5pm Thursday May 27 until Friday June 4.
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“While today’s developments are devastating, we are buoyed by the sheer resilience of the staff and artists involved with Rising,” Co-artistic directors Hannah Fox and Gideon Obarzanek said in a statement. “Together they have created something that spoke to Melbourne; something beautiful and beguiling; something that would have reawakened our city. Together, they created something extraordinary, for extraordinary times. We could not be prouder.”
Julia Jacklin is set to perform at City Recital Hall on June 4th as part of the Singular Voices series. You can find ticket information here.
