Saturday, December 13, 2014

JULIA HOLTER (London Barbican, 29/11/14)


In many ways, Julia Holter's music is the musical equivalent of a Wes Anderson film: studied, quirky and occasionally genius. Sometimes it clicks for me- in the middle of a woodland clearing at 10 in the evening, with the arena lit only by fairy lights, it sounded like something from another world. On other occasions, like tonight, it fails to fully connect- it's all a bit too clinical, washed out, prissy. She's inarguably a singular talent, but I think she's one I really need to be in the mood for to appreciate.

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