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JUNE JONES
releases new single
‘Motorcycle’
Announces national
tour dates!
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JUNE JONES // Photo credit: Melissa Cowan
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Praise for June Jones – Leafcutter
“With Leafcutter she bends synth-pop convention in a fearlessly honest set that explores her experiences as a “deeply emotional” trans woman.” – Uncut
“Unnerving and beautiful, it’s a strikingly rendered portrait of disaffection.” – The Fader
“Fans of John Grant, Kate Bush and Björk will find a lot to love here — Leafcutter is by very definition art pop, but it never ventures out of the realm of accessibility.” – Beat
“Leafcutter is a reminder that there is strength in vulnerability and something truly powerful about a well-written song.” – STACK
“June Jones’ voice is one that envelops you and never lets you go. The emotion she lacquers every word with becomes your emotion; her world becomes your own.” – MTV
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Naarm/Melbourne-based songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer June Jones releases a new single ‘Motorcycle’, today on Emotion Punk Records via Remote Control Records and announces her first national headline tour.
“Motorcycle is a cyber pop-punk song inspired both by my experience of gender transition as well the turn-of-the-millennium techno-optimism that I grew up around. Co-produced by my musical genius bestie Geryon, it is an ode to shedding one’s mortal coil and becoming a fucking cool motorbike instead.”
After a global touring hiatus, we’re so thrilled to share with you June Jones’ forthcoming Australian tour dates, which will see her perform in almost every state and territory in the country, joined on stage by ‘Motorcycle’ co-producer Geryon, kicking off September 12. See below for tour details below.
June Jones – Motorcycle
Listen / Download here
June Jones is a Naarm/Melbourne-based songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer with a diverse musical background – making a name for herself with her self-proclaimed “emotion punk” band Two Steps on the Water, and now with her solo project.
2019 saw the release of her debut solo album, Diana, which was awarded 3RRR’s album of the week and led to a national tour with Seeker Lover Keeper, east coast shows with Cate Le Bon (UK), and a sold-out launch at Howler. Musically, the album was a bridge between her foundations as a folk-adjacent songwriter and the more electronic, self-produced sound that she has explored on her second solo album, Leafcutter, which received album of the week from 3RRR (VIC), FBi Radio (NSW), 4ZZZ (QLD), and Edge Radio (TAS), and saw her selling out three local album launches.
Leafcutter is an exploration of Jones’s inner world, living as a neurodivergent trans woman. Jones draws inspiration from artists like Björk, Kate Bush, Anohni, and The Knife, as well as speculative fiction writers like Ursula Le Guin and NK Jemisin. The album resembles a collection of short stories whose narrator is at once despairing and hopeful, combining elements of pop and experimental, lyrical storytelling and electronic production, the old and the new.
Jones has been a prolific live performer, playing more than 200 shows over 6 years, including the aforementioned national tour with Seeker Lover Keeper, as well as supporting international acts like Hand Habits (US), Julien Baker (US), Cate Le Bon (UK), Crywank (UK) Julianna Barwick (US), Kath Bloom (US), Colin Self (US), Dead Moon (US), Screaming Females (US), and more.
Buy / Listen June Jones – Leafcutter
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June Jones
Upcoming Tour Dates
Sun 12 Sep – Tanswell’s Commercial Hotel, Beechworth
Sat 18 Sep – The Gasometer, Melbourne
Thu 30 Sep – The Grand Poobah (Kissing Room), Hobart
Fri 1 Oct – Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide
Fri 8 Oct – Goolugatup, Perth
Sat 9 Oct – The Aardvark, Fremantle
Sat 23 Oct – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine
Fri 19 Nov – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney
Sun 21 Nov – Gang Gang Cafe, Canberra
Tickets available here
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June Jones – ‘Motorcycle’ is out now via
Emotion Punk Records / Remote Control Records.
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