From: Brooklyn, New York

Active: Made Out of Babies, 2005–2008; Julie Christmas, 2009–present

I first heard them: when Pandora fed me “Sugar” (but not too much!)

Sound: “Uh, is she going to be able to keep singing like that?”  Good question, guy quoted in the press kit!  Made Out of Babies were a lot more… unnerving… than what I usually listen to.  The first couple of albums do contain longish stretches of undistinguished sludge, but at their best, Julie Christmas’s caterwauling and the band’s general sonic assault created a powerful experience that few other bands could even approach.  Julie’s solo work occasionally turns off the rock but never the compelling desperation.

Further listening: Here are several of Julie’s solo tracks, plus another collaboration with Cult of Luna and an unusual Made Out of Babies song: Julie described her performance in an interview as “a more womanly sound than my normal freakout seven-year-old crackhead impression”.  (Oh, and a couple that Poppy pushed off the end of the chart.)

		“July 31st” (2010)
		“If You Go Away” (2009)
		“Spread for Hiding” (2011)
		“He” (2011)
		“Scalps” (2012)
		“The Wreck of S.S. Needle” (2016)
		“Death in April” (2006)
		“Cooker” (2008)
		“Invisible Ink” (2008)