{"product_id":"julia-holter-materia-cd","title":"Holter, Julia: Materia (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"full\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H1VOhueqoN4?si=-gNwcRR0riaFtqGe\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJulia Holter always knew that there was more to the song “Materia” than what she included on her wondrous 2024 album, \u003cem\u003eSomething in the Room She Moves\u003c\/em\u003e. She had written the tune not long after the tours for 2018’s \u003cem\u003eAviary\u003c\/em\u003e concluded, and it worked well for solo shows — her voice and piano, lyrics still morphing as she played with the meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut on the new \u003cem\u003eMateria\u003c\/em\u003e, a kind of companion LP to \u003cem\u003eSomething\u003c\/em\u003e, Holter has realised not one but two distinct versions of the song. “Materia 2” is a hallucinatory dream of drum machines, fretless bass, and clarinet, Holter’s voice spiralling through ether alongside that of Jessika Kenney. And on “Materia 3,” intended as a hidden bonus track in an homage to the CD era of her youth, Holter literally slows down the take from \u003cem\u003eSomething\u003c\/em\u003e. The change not only emphasizes the unpredictable glory of the harmonies within but also reiterates the song’s emotional sophistication, the sense that it’s about learning how to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMateria\u003c\/em\u003e is only seven tracks long, but Holter works in nearly that many modes here. There are two astounding improvisations, one where she builds a one-person ensemble of drum machines and synth lines and another where she manipulates her voice until each word seems to contain another symphony. And yet another is built from a riff that came from a demo for Something, a demo that itself is one of \u003cem\u003eMateria\u003c\/em\u003e’s most spellbinding and emotional pieces, “My Twin.” These seven songs show that Holter is among her generation’s most fluid writers of art-pop, moving among ideas and idioms with true exploratory aplomb. \u003cem\u003eMateria\u003c\/em\u003e is a kind of playground for Holter, where each distinct scene steadily coheres into a moving whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack vinyl version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Laugh is in The Eyes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Lost One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFantasy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMateria 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClepsydra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Twin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMateria 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Domino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54347884822874,"sku":"WIGCD582","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1481\/5374\/files\/julia-holter-materia.jpg?v=1782207157","url":"https:\/\/freebirdrecords.com\/products\/julia-holter-materia-cd","provider":"Freebird Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}