If I could take ONE ALBUM with me to a desert island…uh, well, actually, it’d probably consist of recorded instructions on how the fuck NOT to DIE on a goddamn desert island.
But, truly: if I could take seven or eight, Julia Holter’s stunning 2018 effort Aviary would be one of them.
In fact, the only thing I can think of that could make Holter’s most recent chamber-pop stunner more memorable (particularly if I was slowly starving to death on a hideous beach somewhere with nothing to look at but tortuously endless blue sky and water) is some handy visual aids for its constituent tracks.
OH COOL LOOK: HERE’S ONE NOW. It was directed by Geneva Jacuzzi, stars Holter and Tashi Wada, and kinda puts a somewhat positive spin on the whole concept of “beach torture.” Yep, this’ll do nicely:
Julia Whole-tour:
02.19.19 - Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall *
02.20.19 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts *
02.22.19 - New York, NY - Warsaw *
02.23.19 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall *
02.24.19 - Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa *
02.26.19 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall *
02.27.19 - Detroit, MI - El Club *
02.28.19 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall *
03.01.19 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club *
03.04.19 - Vancouver, BC - Imperial ^
03.05.19 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir ^
03.06.19 - Seattle, WA - Neumos ^
03.08.19 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall ^
03.09.19 - Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room ^
03.10.19 - San Diego, CA - The Loft, San Diego State University ^
05.27.19 - Guimaraes, Portugal - Centro Cultural Villa Flor
05.28.19- Garda, Italy - Teatro Municipal de Guarda
05.29.19 - Lisbon, Portugal - Capitólio
05.31.19 - Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival
06.02.19 - Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands - Best Kept Secret Festival
06.03.19 - Brighton, UK - The Old Market
06.04.19 - Birmingham, UK - Glee Club
06.07.19 - London, UK - Field Day Festival
06.08.19 - Paris, FR - Vilette Sonique
06.09.19 - Luxembourg - Rotondes
06.12.19 - Bergen, Norway - Bergen Festival
06.13.19 - Oslo. Norway - Piknik I Parken
06.16.19 - Duisburg, Germany - Traumzeit Festival
06.17.19 - Schörndorf, Germany - Manufaktur
06.20.19 - Linz, Austria - Rosengarten
06.21.19 - Vienna, Austria - WUK
06.23.19 - Milan, Italy - Magnolia
06.24.19 - Ferrara, Italy - Cortile Castello Estense
06.25.19 - Zurich, Switzerland - Kaufleuten
06.26.19 - Lucerne, Switzerland - Südpol
06.29.19 - Bialystok, Poland - Halfway Festival
07.04.19 - Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
* Jessica Moss
^ Tess Roby
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