Joana ♥´s Julie and the carjackers

By Lindsey & Claire on May 6, 2011

Our favourite Portuguese Pop-Tropical Princess (with more than a spoonful of Folk in her cup), We are thrilled to have Joana back on Ballad, bringing you what has coloured her world recently…

“Hey Hey Julie!”

Folk! Folk & more Folk! That’s probably what caught my attention first time I heard about…”Julie and the Carjackers”! And combined with the beautiful aesthetics of vintage photographs of balloons, they became part of my music and wonderland.
They sound vintage, they sound new and fresh!

João Correia (guitar / vocals), Bruno Pernadas (guitar / banjo), Inês Sousa (percussions / vocals), Mariana Pais (bass / vocals), João Gil (piano / keyboards / vocals) & António Vasconcelos (drum/ vocals)…are the heart of “Julie and the Carjackers”, they make it beat fast and gave color to my world! Joca and Bruno came from a Jazzy musical background but gave life to a folk project along side with the rest of the team that joined them.
An EP has already been released, there’s a single coming out on “FNAC new talents” and September will be the big deal…their first album will be launched! And I´m jumping around like a kid waiting for it. I´ve heard it, it will sound very “folk/pop/tropical” …hum…Beatles, Beach Boys, Chico Buarque, Les Baxter e Chordettes, says Joca, are an influence… need I say more?

“No-U turn” is my favorite track, you can hear it on their Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/juliethecarjackers) …let yourself get lost on it with eyes closed and open ears to an amazing melody and whistles…on waves of a lovely home made look-alike song.
Besides the great great music, I liked them even more when I discovered by an e-mail I sent them that the name “Julie” came from the imaginary…there’s no girl with that name in the band…and carjackers…well they don’t really know how it came about …and I really really love that! It’s what I call living in a Wonderland…just like Alice did on Lewis Carroll tales.