Nostalgia is often depicted as this balm or alleviating agent, but within the melodic brilliance of indie folk phenomenon Sarah Julia, nostalgia can feel quite intrusive as well. Through the slipstream of the two sisters’ voices in perfect harmony there are a lot of scars, memories, warnings and the coping of severe change embedded within.

If anything, Sarah Julia are proving that songs – even one’s own songs – can be a form of time traveling where one gets to relive things all over again. As much as their music can feel like personal mementos, Sarah Julia have quickly captured hearts, minds and imaginations on an international scale. 

At MOMO, they are playing with house money in their base of Rotterdam, in what is sure to be a special homecoming.

“A new path of confessional indie folk with a slight twang and haunting harmonies” – The Line of Best Fit