Julia, Julia – Julia Kugel, a founding member of garage punks The Coathangers and Soft Palms – shares the second album single “A Love That Hurts” and a video by Scott Montoya. “A Love That Hurts,” drifts in on soft, fingerpicked guitar and a dry, close-mic vocal that feels both haunted and immediate. The mix is stripped down and analog-warm, letting tape hum and silence frame the emotion. Julia sings like she’s remembering something she doesn’t want to, each line a slight unraveling. Like the rest of the album, “A Love That Hurts” doesn’t strive for a resolution. It sits in the ache, sifts through it, makes it beautiful. 

Sugaring a Strawberry (Suicide Squeeze) is the sophomore record from Julia, Julia, is a study in coming undone on purpose. Recorded at COMA, Julia Kugel’s home studio, and mixed through a custom Flickenger clone, the album drifts in and out of clarity like memory itself. Her long-time collaborator and husband, Scott Montoya, mixes it all so loosely that you can hear the air between tracks—a space that makes the music feel inhabited rather than recorded. The album is set to be released on September 9, 2025.

Julia explains, “I made Sugaring A Strawberry in an effort to reconnect to something human. AI, streaming, and the digital experience of music have left me feeling a bit empty. I wanted to re-evaluate and reset. I would love for people to experience the record on vinyl – with all the cracks and imperfections. Along with the legendary Suicide Squeeze Records, Sugaring A Strawberry is proudly co-released on Happy Sundays Records—an extension of the festival we put on every year. This will be the first record released on Happy Sundays Records.”