Julia Pratt announces her new EP 'Family Feud'

April 12, 2024 Taylor Ohryn

JULIA PRATT ANNOUNCES HER NEW EP FAMILY FEUD TO BE RELEASED ON MAY 10

VIA RECORDS — PRE-SAVE

REFLECTS ON THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF FAMILIAL TRAUMA ON NEW SINGLE

“CHRONOS, CRUEL HANDLER” — STREAM

UPCOMING TOUR DATES SUPPORTING AMOS LEE & FLIPTURN

+ HOMETOWN EP RELEASE SHOW ON MAY 11

UPCOMING TOUR DATES

April 19 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club ^ (SOLD OUT)

May 7 - Bowling Green, KY - SkyPAC #

May 11 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry &

May 13 - Huntington, WV - Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center #

May 14 - Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium #

May 16 - Wilmington, NC - Greenfield Lake Amphitheater #

May 17 - Washington DC - Warner Theatre #

May 18 - New Brunswick, NJ - State Theatre New Jersey #

May 20 - Albany, NY - The Egg #

May 21 - Boston, MA - MGM Music Hall at Fenway #

May 22 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Paramount #

May 24 - Ridgefield, CT - Ridgefield Playhouse #

May 25 - Portland, ME - State Theatre #

June 21 - Greenfield, MA - Green River Festival

^ supporting flipturn

# supporting Amos Lee

& with support from Shallow Alcove and Kennedy Shaw

All tour info here

Today, Philadelphia’s Julia Pratt announces her new EP Family Feud with the release of “Chronos, Cruel Handler.” Set to arrive on May 10 via RECORDS, Pratt bares her most core anguish through music, from the destruction of her family, to her lived experiences as a woman of color, in hopes that laying it all out there makes some sense of her journey. While applying R&B techniques to indie-folk, her sky-grazing music exists as a deeply necessary form of therapy that aims to let listeners know they were never truly alone — Pre-save Family Feud.

Today’s new single, “Chronos, Cruel Handler” centers Pratt’s beatific voice over lithe, looping guitar lines and shifting brushed percussion. Named for the ancient Greek mythological symbol of time, the track’s imagist lines center on domestic imagery and questions of fault, the energy ramping to a pained confrontation. “Product of the past/ Don’t you know they lied to you?” Pratt’s heavenly falsetto wonders, more in sorrow than accusation — Stream.

“‘Chronos’ is the personification of time, and that is exactly what this song represents. In some sense writing ‘Carolina’ felt like it killed a part of me, and ‘Chronos’ is what came after a period of reflecting on that death,” Pratt contemplates. “It arose from thinking about generational trauma and about my father. In this song I contrast our upbringings, and unpack the cycle that has repeated in both of our lives — the cycle that has most likely repeated over and over again in the lives of those that came before us as well.”

“Feeling small and misunderstood, shunned and shut down, repressed and silenced. In this song, I come to understand how that led to the violence and destruction that was unleashed on me as a child. I empathize deeply, and yet it was wrong and undeserved.”

Another piece of Family Feud’s short film, today’s single arrives with an official video directed by Samantha D’Alessio and edited by Keats. Appearing as a ghost of her former self, Pratt moves in and out of flashbacks, further extending the theme of endless time in “Chronos, Cruel Handler” — Watch.

Family Feud’s first single, “Carolina,”is essentially a foil to today’s release. Upon release, the track received tremendous support from WXPN, 1883 Magazine, Ones to Watch, Vanyaland, Sheesh and many others, along with editorial support from Spotify’s Fresh Folk, Next Gen Singer-Songwriters and Spring Acoustic, Apple Music’s Acoustic Chill and New in Singer Songwriter, and Amazon’s Breakthrough Folk. Her newly inked deal with RECORDS was also shared by Billboard.

Having just wrapped up a tour run supporting Angie McMahon, Pratt will continue reaching new audiences with upcoming tour dates with Amos Lee and flipturn. On May 11, she will play her first ever headline hometown show at The Foundry in Philadelphia, presented by WXPN with support from Shallow Alcove and Kennedy Shaw. And in June, she will join the lineup of Green River Festival alongside Fleet Foxes, Cake and more. See all upcoming tour dates here and below.

Over the last couple of years, Pratt has seen her influence bubbling up in Philadelphia and beyond. After a serendipitous online encounter that caught the attention of fellow Philadelphians and indie-folk giants Mt. Joy, the artists joined forces for the intimately aching “A Little Love.” With that new wind under her wings, she then went on to release her Two to Tango EP. Her stunning live session for WXPN and opening for Brandi Carlile, The Revivalists and The Head And The Heart, mixed with her ever-maturing songwriting, have primed Pratt for the release of her upcoming EP.

ABOUT JULIA PRATT

Julia Pratt understands the bond that binds us to our family. Chosen or blood. And if you’re willing to take the first step, your experience could be the perfect bridge for connection. “The world is full of painful, beautiful experiences, and I share them to heal myself, to build connection, to fight the loneliness,” singer-songwriter Julia Pratt says with a knowing smile. On the 23-year-old’s new EP, Family Feud (due May 10 via RECORDS), Pratt dissects her own heart, her complicated relationship with her father, her experience as a woman of color in America, and lays it all bare on the operating table in the hopes that you’ll feel the courage to do the same.

Pratt’s experience as a woman of color plays into the EP’s wary eye to the past. Between not feeling Black enough for her mom’s side of the family or white enough for parts of Southern culture, Pratt’s youth was full of a questioning and internal conflict—what surely must have been a terrible weight to carry, but manifests in the EP’s powerful self-inspection and her present conviction of identity.

Over the course of Family Feud's five tracks, she explores pains and memories without ever wallowing, instead propelling Pratt’s innermost feelings into captivating slices of musical catharsis. “I'm at a place now where I'm okay with who I am,” she says. “You can claim me or not claim me, but I'm here.” And with enough time spent with this inspirational and thrilling EP, listeners might just be able to reach that same conviction.

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