Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter Name Julia Deans | Years active 1993–present Instruments Guitar | |
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Born 27 August 1974 (age 49) ( 1974-08-27 ) Origin Wellington, New Zealand Labels Wishbone Music, Universal Music Australia, Tardus Music Role Singer · myspace.com/juliadeans Albums Pet, The Adults, Collider, Modern Fables, A New Dialogue Genres Rock music, Pop music, Electronica Similar People Anika Moa, Jon Toogood, Shayne Carter, Tiki Taane, Ladi6 Profiles | ||
Associated acts Fur Patrol, The Adults Music groups Fur Patrol, The Adults | ||
Julia Deans | We Light Fire | OrconIRL
Julia Deans (born 27 August 1974) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer of rock band Fur Patrol.
Contents
- Julia Deans We Light Fire OrconIRL
- Banshee Reel
- Fur Patrol
- Solo career and The Adults
- With Banshee Reel
- With Fur Patrol
- With The Adults
- References
Banshee Reel
In the early '90s Deans joined Wellington-based Celtic rock band Banshee Reel. The group released two albums - Culture Vulture (1993) and An Orchestrated Litany of Lies (1995). Banshee Reel toured extensively around New Zealand and overseas. In 1996, after returning to New Zealand from a Canadian tour, Deans and Wellington guitarist Steve Wells decided to form a rock group, which was to become Fur Patrol.
Fur Patrol
Fur Patrol released three albums - Pet (2000), Collider (2003) and Local Kid (2008) and had a number one single with "Lydia" in 2000. The band moved to Melbourne in 2001 to focus on a wider Australian audience. After the lack of success with their third album Local Kid, Fur Patrol went on hiatus.
Solo career and The Adults
With a number of songs she had written over the years but thought unsuitable for Fur Patrol, Deans was encouraged by her record company to record a solo album. This became Modern Fables, released in 2010. It was well received and was short-listed for the Taite Music Prize, with single "A New Dialogue" long-listed for the APRA Silver Scroll award.
Deans then became part of The Adults, a musical collaboration between established New Zealand musicians such as Jon Toogood, Shayne Carter, Tiki Taane and Ladi6. In 2011 the group released a self-titled album which was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2012 New Zealand Music Awards.
In 2012, Deans released new single "Broken Home". She also embarked on a theatrical project, starring with Jon Toogood in Silo Theatre's production of Brel: The Words and Music of Jacques Brel.
In 2013, Deans performed at the Taite Music Prize ceremony in April. Later in the year, Deans and Anika Moa recorded a cover version of "2000 Miles" for the charity album Starship Christmas Album 2013.