juliana hatfield

The Diarists' assignment for this episode is to come up with three songs with non-English lyrics —

"But wait," Bob asks, "do *all* the lyrics need to be in a foreign language?"  "Not necessarily," says Brad, who chose the theme.  Enter the Talking Heads ... and with them, Nena, Juliana Hatfield (!), Plastic Bertrand, Falco, Grauzone (Krautrock, from Mark?!?), Seu Jorge, Les Rita Mitsouko, Bananarama (!!), Cornershop, Sigur Ros, and Stereolab.

Join us as we spring songs in French, German, Portuguese, Swahili, Punjabi, and Icelandic on the Playlist!

As always, find the Playlist on Spotify + Apple Music and your Extras on Twitter.

Credits: Intro/ Outro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ "... In a Letter." 

Juliana Hatfield!    

If you did not know, Juliana is a Boston native and still resides in the city. You may see her finishing up her 10…ok maybe 5k run if you can pick her out from the crowd of masked runners.  She likes the anonymity and this isolation in the time of COVID fit her very well – or at least it didn’t change much for her - as she is a restless artist and will always find something to do with her creativity.  

With 26 or so albums under her belt, 19 of those solo studio albums, as well as her latest album 'Blood', she is a terrifically prolific songwriter and artist. If you haven’t heard her Police and Olivia Newton-John cover albums, you are in for a treat.  

From her previous bands Blake Babies, Some Girls, The Lemonheads, and her own band The Juliana Hatfield Three, Juliana is a constant force. Her latest album 'Blood' is, and I quote, "...a brutal and critical look at modern human psychology and behavior; at personal and societal sickness." While that sounds pretty deep and dark, Juliana says, “But it is fun, musically”.  

So there you have it.  

You should check out her live performances streaming from Q-Division Studios she has been doing once a month.  

My co-host this week Ike Walker and I had a nice chat with her and she is really fantastic.  

Find out more and pre-order:

https://www.julianahatfield.com/

https://www.instagram.com/julianahatfield/

https://twitter.com/julianahatfield

"Mouthful of Blood"

https://youtu.be/0ig7hujL5uc