After single, Little Surprises, recently earned them Unearthed status on youth broadcaster triple j, it was no wonder that Julia & The Deep Sea Sirens were excited to launch their sophomore album, Family Pets. The excitement is expressed with Julia informing the audience that: “It's really good to have these songs out there like germs and viruses”.
With cups of tea, baked goods and op-shopping listed as some of the band's interests, it is expected that the indie-folksters would bring an element of endearing quirkiness with them. This assumption is reinforced at the sight of Julia's beautifully curtain-esque dress she's donned for this matinee performance.
A very talented mixture of guitar, banjo, bass, drum, singing and whistling is used to give life to songs influenced from the usual diet of lovers from a time gone past, and more uniquely motivated songs, such as the track Cootamundra, which educates the listener on the history of the eponymous town in New South Wales.
If the initial interest surrounding this album is anything to go by, then we can expect a bright future for Julia and her charming Deep Sea Sirens.
