Julia Cumming has shared her new single ‘Please Let Me Remember This’, a key moment from her forthcoming debut solo album Julia.
Best known as the bassist in Sunflower Bean, Julia has spent the past decade cultivating a distinctive presence across music and fashion. Her solo work marks a clear shift in tone. Where Sunflower Bean often leans into psych-inflected guitar textures, Julia moves towards a softer, more luminous palette rooted in classic West Coast pop.
Out on 24th April via Partisan Records, the album captures a different side of her songwriting. ‘Please Let Me Remember This’ sits at its centre, a breezy yet quietly probing piece that draws on late 60s pop traditions, particularly The Beach Boys’ ‘Busy Doing Nothing’ from Friends.
Rather than imitation, Julia reshapes those influences into something personal. The track carries a lightness that feels seasonal, but beneath it sits a more reflective core, concerned with memory, control and emotional residue.
She explains: “It started with two questions: why are our sad and painful moments easier to remember than our happy ones? And why can’t we choose what we let go of, or what we get to keep?”
“There’s a surrender that comes with memory, and it’s always fascinated me. I wanted to create a song using these little vignettes to explore the lack of control we have over what we remember. I wanted to capture the desperation that comes with trying to turn an immaterial experience into something that could be held onto.”
The single arrives alongside a colourful, retro-leaning video that mirrors the track’s sunlit tone, reinforcing the aesthetic shift that defines this solo era.
With Julia, Julia Cumming reframes her creative identity, trading distortion for clarity and immediacy, while retaining the same instinct for detail and emotional nuance.
Julia is released on 24th April.
