Bio
Photo by C.J. Hancock | Photographer
Alternative rock from Manchester. Made alone.
I’m a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Manchester. I was born in the south of the Netherlands and moved here because this is where the music I care about came from.
It started with a Paul McCartney concert in Antwerp in 2003. I walked out of it knowing what I wanted to do, picked up a guitar, and haven’t put it down since. Six years later I watched Oasis in Cologne and stopped wondering where I’d end up.
The records are loud. Big guitars, drums that fill the room, hooks that don’t apologise for being hooks. Underneath all that they’re songs — most of them written on an acoustic first, and they still work that way if you strip everything else off.
I play every instrument on them. I record, mix and master them myself. No label, no co-writers, no session players, no AI anywhere near it. That’s not a boast — it just means that if something’s wrong on a Julience record, it’s mine.
Most of what I write circles the same thing: people who drifted, and whether the door’s still open. I keep coming back to it without meaning to.
The lineage is obvious enough — Oasis, The Beatles, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Springsteen, the Stones, Thin Lizzy. People have also mentioned Rush, ELO, The Who and Fall Out Boy, which I’ve never entirely worked out, but make of that what you will.
I’m on socials properly, not as a broadcast channel. If you say something, I’ll answer.
Photo by C.J. Hancock | Photographer
Genre
Alternative rock with a 90s spine and a hard rock edge. Indie in the literal sense — written, played, produced and released without a label.
Reference Artists
Acts in roughly the same territory:
- Foo Fighters — hard rock meets alternative accessibility
- Oasis — the Manchester connection, 90s rock swagger
- The Gaslight Anthem — punk roots with classic rock influences
- Green Day — punk/alternative crossover
- The Hold Steady — classic rock storytelling through an indie lens
- The Stone Roses — Madchester jangle, groove-driven indie rock
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Events
2026
- Fri, Sep 4, 2026 Single Release — No Man’s Land Manchester
- Wed, Jul 29, 2026 Gig — Open Mic Night, The Kings Head Droylsden
- Fri, Jul 24, 2026 Single Release — Don’t Say Goodbye Manchester
- Mon, Jun 1, 2026 Single Release — Black Sheep Manchester
- Sun, May 24, 2026 Gig — Northern Baseball Festival Manchester
- Fri, Mar 16, 2026 Single Release — The Road Less Travelled Manchester
- Fri, Jan 16, 2026 Single Release — Time Is A Weapon Manchester
2025
- Thu, May 1, 2025 Single Release — Highway Maintenance Manchester
2023
- Thu, Oct 19, 2023 Single Release — Who’ll Stop The Rain Manchester
- Fri, Jul 14, 2023 Single Release — Hot Rod Manchester
- Sat, Jul 1, 2023 Album Release — Julience Manchester
- Thu, Jun 22, 2023 Single Release — Port to Port (The Lonesome Sailor) Manchester
- Fri, Feb 17, 2023 Single Release — Light Out Of Darkness Manchester
2022
- Fri, Dec 9, 2022 Hymn Release — As The Deer Manchester
- Fri, Dec 9, 2022 Single Release — Bad Penny Manchester
- Fri, Aug 5, 2022 Single Release — Yellow Eyes Manchester
- Fri, Jun 10, 2022 Hymn Release — Christ Liveth in Me Manchester
- Thu, Apr 28, 2022 Single Release — Sometime Manchester
- Fri, Mar 25, 2022 Single Release — The Flood Manchester
- Fri, Feb 18, 2022 Single Release — Love Lies Cold Manchester
- Sat, Jan 8, 2022 Single Release — Alcohol Manchester