Julep Biography

Jen Fox	Vocals, Bass
Jim Srnec	Guitars
Michael J. Fox	Drums, Vocals
Justin Busch	Guitars

Julep’s unique brand of sharp, literate, indie rock has been drawing audiences to their feet across the rainy city for the last three years. Their debut EP, this will happen again, (co-produced by Kevin Suggs), brings them back to center stage. The six-song album is a collage of the personal and the political, delivered with self-conscious humor and a stunning pop sensibility. Listening to Julep is a bit like grooving around Seattle’s back roads with Jenny Lewis riding shotgun and the Throwing Muses in the back seat. With this will happen again, you’ll find yourself taking the long way home and waiting in the driveway for the last note to fade away.

Jen Fox and Jim Srnec formed Julep in 2004 after over ten years of collaboration in the Seattle music scene. In Julep’s current iteration, Jen fronts the group by gracefully balancing lead vocals and bass. With her brother Michael J. on drums, Jim Srnec and Justin Busch on guitars, they swing the mood from delicate acoustic to crunching rock.

Jen Fox has been performing since she learned how to talk. With the debut of her first original song for her third grade music class, she has not stopped writing, singing, and playing guitar. Jen became a bass player to round out the family band and to respond to the demand for the token female bassist. She comes from a musically diverse family that covers just about every genre and who exchanges their CDs instead of Christmas cards.

It is tough to find two siblings more alike than the Foxes. Except that Mike has a masters degree in performance percussion from the University of New Mexico, an undergradate degree from the San Fransisco Conservatory of Music, and his last band, Lousy Robot, was a huge success throughout the southwest, licensing to the MTV hit, Pimp My Ride. Otherwise, reread Jen's bio and insert drums and you almost have it. Mike joined Julep in July, after returning to his homeland.

When Jen met Jim Srnec, he had just landed in Seattle with a ragged guitar and three chords, the perfect foil for Jen’s complex melodies. Jim’s Midwest upbringing resonates through his politically passionate lyrics and with a few years of guitar seasoning, the duo began to untangle a sophisticated repertoire. Jen found him irascibly cute and, after over a decade, he still can’t shake her.

Justin Busch is a veteran to the Seattle rock scene and skillfully props the band with his creative licks. Justin couldn't resist sitting in on guitar as they rehearsed in his basement while his wife, Jen Trujillo, played drums with Julep over the last year. Justin's "rock" influence extends beyond the sonic landscape—he now has the band climbing in their spare time.

The last three years have been busy for Julep, with highlights including the release of their first album, this will happen again, and performances at the Leavenworth Fall Music Festival and the Rockr Grl Music Conference. KOHO radio named them “Seattle’s up-and-coming band,” and they were a Post-Intelligencer featured artist in July 2005.

Julep is currently tracking their next album and look forward to a 2008 release.