Combining ethereal dream pop elements and austere folk influences, California-raised singer/songwriter Julia Mitchell (known professionally as Julia Lucille) began her career in Portland, Oregon, where she studied ethnomusicology at Lewis & Clark College. She relocated to Austin, TX in 2012 and that same released solo LP titled Homing, which was picked up by Punctum Records. In 2016 she released a collection of lo-fi demos called Bedroom Tapes, Vol. 1. After intensive touring around the US, Mitchell released a proper follow-up album in the panoramic and more fully formed Chthonic, which she recorded in Dripping Springs with Cross Record members Emily Cross and Dan Duszynski. The album was released in 2017 by Austin indie Keeled Scales. Her dark-hued sound recalls some of the winsome loneliness of German folkstress Sibylle Baier, a noted influence, while taking on some experimental indie undertones.