{"product_id":"julia-holter-materia","title":"Julia Holter - Materia","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"51\" data-end=\"399\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"51\" data-end=\"67\"\u003eJulia Holter\u003c\/strong\u003e always knew that there was more to the song \u003cem data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"123\"\u003e“Materia”\u003c\/em\u003e than what she included on her wondrous 2024 album, \u003cem data-start=\"175\" data-end=\"208\"\u003eSomething in the Room She Moves\u003c\/em\u003e. She had written the tune not long after the tours for 2018’s \u003cem data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"279\"\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 data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"1071\"\u003eBut on the new \u003cem data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"425\"\u003eMateria\u003c\/em\u003e, a kind of companion LP to \u003cem data-start=\"453\" data-end=\"486\"\u003eSomething in the Room She Moves\u003c\/em\u003e, Holter has realised not one but two distinct versions of the song. \u003cem data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"568\"\u003e“Materia 2”\u003c\/em\u003e is a hallucinatory dream of drum machines, fretless bass and clarinet, Holter’s voice spiralling through the ether alongside that of \u003cstrong data-start=\"702\" data-end=\"720\"\u003eJessika Kenney\u003c\/strong\u003e. On \u003cem data-start=\"725\" data-end=\"738\"\u003e“Materia 3”\u003c\/em\u003e, intended as a hidden bonus track in homage to the CD era of her youth, Holter literally slows down the take from \u003cem data-start=\"853\" data-end=\"886\"\u003eSomething in the Room She Moves\u003c\/em\u003e. The change not only emphasises 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 data-start=\"1073\" data-end=\"1571\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1073\" data-end=\"1082\"\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. Another piece is built from a riff that originated in a demo for \u003cem data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1470\"\u003eSomething in the Room She Moves\u003c\/em\u003e, a demo that itself becomes one of \u003cem data-start=\"1506\" data-end=\"1515\"\u003eMateria\u003c\/em\u003e’s most spellbinding and emotional moments, \u003cem data-start=\"1559\" data-end=\"1571\"\u003e“My Twin.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1573\" data-end=\"1864\"\u003eThese seven songs show that Holter remains one of her generation’s most fluid and adventurous art-pop composers, moving between ideas and idioms with remarkable ease. \u003cem data-start=\"1740\" data-end=\"1749\"\u003eMateria\u003c\/em\u003e functions as a creative playground, where each distinct scene gradually coheres into a moving and rewarding whole.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domino Records","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":58381078004057,"sku":"SDZ-47668","price":28.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58381078036825,"sku":"SDZ-47669","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/JH_materia_LP_MockUp.png?v=1782214103","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/julia-holter-materia","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}