Julia Holter hasn’t been wasting time. Following last year’s breakthrough LP Ekstasis and her recent contributions to Mark So’s mesmeric Reading Illuminations tape, she’s just dropped a third cut from her new album Loud City Songs, out on Domino in just a couple weeks.
It’s called “Maxim’s I,” and it’s a psych-symphonic stunner. The piece — half of a dyad said to serve as Songs’ centerpiece — is a glistening sea of synth swells, glissando strings, and cymbals lightly brushed. It sounds a bit like Julianna Barwick with half the reverb, Brian Wilson just before his mid-SMiLE breakdown with twice the reverb, and Autolux at their dourest — but most of all, it sounds like the new Julia Holter.
Check below for the tune, its making-of dark room montage, and Holter’s many international tour dates.
08.08.13 - Haldern-Rees, Germany - Haldern Pop
08.09.13 - Hamburg, Germany - Kampnagel Summerfest
08.10.13 - Goteborg, Sweden - Way Out West
08.11.13 - Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival
08.13.13 - Ghent, Belgium - DOK
08.14.13 - Saint Malo, France - La Route Du Rock Festival
08.16.13 - Brecon Beacons, Wales - Green Man Festival
08.17.13 - Skipton, UK - Beacons Festival
08.20.13 - London, UK - Cecil Sharp House
09.11.13 - Los Angeles, CA - First Unitarian Church *
09.12.13 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
09.14.13 - Portland, OR - Holocene *
09.15.13 - Seattle, WA - Barboza *
09.16.13 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret *
09.20.13 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center *
09.21.13 - Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern *
09.24.13 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
09.26.13 - Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel *
11.12.13 - Brighton, UK - Komedia
11.13.13 - Manchester, UK - Deaf Institute
11.14.13 - Leeds, UK - Howard Assembly Hall
11.15.13 - Liverpool, UK - Leaf
11.16.13 - Bristol, UK - The Cube
11.17.13 - Dublin, Ireland - Dublin Unitarian Church
11.19.13 - Dublin, Ireland - Whelans
11.20.13 - Glasgow, UK - CCA
* Nedelle Torrisi
• Julia Holter: http://juliashammasholter.com
• Domino: http://www.dominorecordco.us
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