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Julian Velard -
RELEASE: JUNE 16th, 2017
Label: Go! Entertainment/PIAS
Tracklisting:
1.Don’t Ask Me About Hamilton (Anymore)
2. 24-
3. Sweatpants On The Living Room Floor
4. Trust Is A Four Letter Word
5. Glad I Wasted All My Time With You
6. Something’s Gotta Be Wrong
7. The Night Ed Sheeran Slept On My Couch
8. Goodbye Hollywood, Hello Adulthood
9. The Rainbow Connection
Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan — at least, that’s how the old saying goes. But as passionately as we’re conditioned to strive for first place in our success-
The New York-
Leavening the melancholy strain that runs through the record is the classic songcraft that’s earned Velard a devoted cult following (and helped make him an unlikely favorite among pop connoisseurs in the Netherlands). Fans of Billy Joel’s early Brill Building eclecticism and Randy Newman’s acid wit will hear strong echoes of those traditions in Fancy Words for Failure, which — much like its songs’ protagonists — tucks its darkest moments behind a quick joke and a (mostly) sincere smile. As a songwriter, Velard continues to mature, weaving together chord changes that belie the depth of his musical background without ever forgetting the value of a hummable hook.
Title notwithstanding, Fancy Words for Failure finds Julian Velard honing his creative craft while balancing his growing discography against a number of other musical gigs, including a relationship with The Howard Stern Show as the bandleader on the long-
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