"One of the best songwriters and record makers I've heard in a very long time."
Randy Newman

"Richard just knocks me out. Some of the coolest, smartest and original music I've heard in years."
Bonnie Raitt

"My favorite collection of songs by one of my favorite songwriters."
Norah Jones

Girls Need Attention, Richard Julian’s new album, is a musical atonement: vulnerable, honest, funny, and painfully direct as it chronicles an ill-fated love affair. “I don't know how to not write confessionally... the songs always feel like a shopping cart that veers in that direction no matter which way I try to steer it.” This, Julian's Compass Records debut and first album since 2008's Sunday Morning in Saturday's Shoes, still serves up the occasional helping of his razor-sharp wit but ultimately reveals the singer at his most emotionally-charged. “This is by far the most raw I've ever been on an album,” says Julian, and his uncloaked narration is served well by lean and elegant arrangements.

Recorded at Norah Jones's home studio,Girls Need Attention features stellar accompaniment from Nels Cline (Wilco) on guitar, Jolie Holland on box fiddle, and Sasha Dobson on vocals. The backing band, who was “essentially paid in fine tequila”, says Julian, a self-professed food and drink aficionado, contains such luminaries as Lee Alexander (who also produced the album), Tim Luntzel (bass) and Dan Rieser (drums), and is sparingly augmented throughout with keyboards (Dred Scott), baritone guitar, (Steve Elliot) french horn (Louis Schwadron), tuba (Marcus Rojas), and bass clarinet (Doug Wieselman). This star-studded cast is nothing out of the ordinary for Julian, who has spent the last few years touring with the likes of Norah Jones, Bonnie Raitt, Josh Ritter, Roseanne Cash, and Suzanne Vega. READ MORE | DOWNLOAD

"...a voice as distinctive as a thumbprint...if only more songwriters - and more people -
had his balance of wit and fortitude."
Jim Farber/New York Daily News

"his razor-sharp acoustic-spun vignettes about life in the big city and its varied inhabitants - coupled
with his honey-and-sand vocals - make this a charmingly understated effort...
Julian's sparkling guitar work shines throughout, as does his wit."
Philadelphia Inquirer

"Julian [displays] nimble lyricism as he sings his character-driven, keenly observational songs.
With each clever, low-key, dusky line, he shows why we should sit up and notice him.”
Harp Magazine

"This New Yorker tosses off self-addressed put-downs with the ease of the young Springsteen
during his acoustic Jersey-boy period.”
Entertainment Weekly