julie remember the night they realized things had changed. It was their first show back after the pandemic, at an art gallery on the outskirts of LA proper. Before lockdown, the trio — Alexandria Elizabeth on vocals and bass, Keyan Pourzand on vocals and guitar, Dillon Lee on drums — were used to playing for peers and friends.
julie remember the night they realized things had changed. It was their first show back after the pandemic, at an art gallery on the outskirts of LA proper. Before lockdown, the trio — Alexandria Elizabeth on vocals and bass, Keyan Pourzand on vocals and guitar, Dillon Lee on drums — were used to playing for peers and friends. Now, they rolled up to their show and a line of people stretched around the block. Afterwards, the band was thronged with kids their age, looking to meet them, to talk about their music, take pictures. “I remember having horrible anxiety after because it’s like nothing you have experienced before, and it was totally unexpected,” Elizabeth admits. Something was happening around julie.
Anyone in julie’s position would’ve been a bit shell-shocked, considering the band’s humble origins. The genesis of the group went back a few years, to the late ‘10s, when high school friends Lee and Pourzand decided to form a band after watching local acts around their hometown in Orange County. But as the two gravitated towards more shadowy and adventurous music, they felt out of place with the straight-up indie and punk around them. They reached out to Elizabeth, a musician they’d seen around and thought might be a kindred spirit. After Elizabeth’s addition as a second vocalist and bassist, julie’s lineup solidified. They had a simple goal back then: play one single show, and the project will be a success.
