Julia Holter
Have You in My Wilderness

From Greek tragedy, with the epic and dark atmospheres that Julia Holter has known how to create and reinterpret in her previous works, here comes the arrival at a music that could be defined as more immediate. We are not in the realm of easy listening despite these openings to more serene, sunny melodic solutions. Her approach is broad, even in the most dramatic episodes where one reads confusion and vertigo, as in "How Long?", the third track of the album, preceded by two tracks ("Feel You" and "Silhouette") with more relaxed and laid-back tones and with that dreamlike aura that so fascinates and captures at first listen.

"Lucette Stranded on the Island" is a shining example of sound exploration never sterile and unrestrained just for the sake of dazzling everyone.

The grace of Julia Holter, her ability to move effortlessly in so many different musical fields and registers is remarkable. The peak of pathos, emotion, and energy never coincides with the excess of these elements; everything is measured and flows with fluidity and sweetness, without tears, sudden changes of atmosphere, and unnecessary artist acrobatics.

In "Everytime Boots" there is a taste for rhythm and the artist appears amused and confident even in these unusual and more colorful guises compared to the usual ones.

In "Betsy on the Roof" one goes back, literally, to the scenarios described above, the more tragic and vision-rich ones.

From this journey, one emerges enthralled, accompanied all the time by a highly expressive voice rich in accents, by the distortions and liquid sounds of the penultimate track "Vasquez" where the instrumentation remains at times orchestral, with electronic incursions.

"Have You in my Wilderness" closes the work with contrasting feelings; even the musical framework suggests this torment together with the sweetness and sense of harmony that pervades the entire record.