Album Review: Julia Weldon Faces Death To Embrace Life In Comatose Hope
Life is all about transitions. I have said in previous reviews that in one life you can BE many people. As your spirit grows your person can change, and artist Julia Weldon can attest to that. Comatose Hope is Weldon’s story of transition, and how life changed when she found herself awaking from a coma after a gender affirming surgery.
This Brooklyn Indie-folk artist has collaborated with the producer of Perfume Genius, Drew Morgan to create 11 songs on her fortunate recovery. Yet, as you go through Comatose Hope, you realize that, for Weldon, it is not just her body that needed healing, but also her heart. There is nothing like a near-death experience to make you analyze how you are living. Suddenly, your relationships, purpose, personality, and dreams play in your mind with sincere analysis as to how they have played in your life. Songs such as, “Kaleidoscope”, “Take Me To The Water”, and “When You Die” are guitar driven tracks on re-birthing yourself, seeing what roll you have played in either furthering or cutting off your happiness. The irony is that Weldon sings her songs with a level-head. For the emotional topics and basis of his album, her vocals seeming windingly calm. She is okay even when witnessing how “Cursed And Blessed” she is, or what she “failed to find” in her life for inner peace. The simplicity of her vocals in contrast to her heavier topics make Comatose Hope fly like a breeze of instrumentals. You press play, and listen to the story of a person that changed their body and perspective on life to find their most authentic spirit. To Buy Comatose Hope Click Here.
