Julia Holter – “Sea Calls Me Home”

Julia Holter – “Sea Calls Me Home”

Julia Holter’s new album Have You In My Wilderness was introduced to us with the wonderfully baroque swooner “Feel You.” Today, the ambient-pop experimentalist has shared her crawling, dulcet ode to the beach, “Sea Calls Me Home.” As in most of her work, Holter manages to weave celebration and sadness into a single tone. A marching band backbeat helps split the song into distinct emotional pools. A free jazz break erupts about halfway through, only to be upstaged by swelling strings and triumphant brass. There’s the same sense of journeying and self-reflection on this song as “Feel You,” but with a hint more defiance, a bit more determination. She spoke at length about the album in our recent interview, so read that here and listen below.

Here are Holter’s full tour dates for fall:

10/06 San Diego, CA @ Open Air Theater (w/ Beirut)
10/07 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium (w/ Beirut)
10/08 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium (w/ Beirut)
10/10 Berkeley, CA @ Greek Berkeley (w/ Beirut)
10/12 Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar
10/13 Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre (w/ Beirut)
10/24 New York, NY @ Rough Trade
10/27 Zurich, CH @ Ziegel Oh Lac
10/28 Munich, DE @ Kammerspiele Theatre
10/29 Frankfurt, DE @ Brotfabrik
10/30 Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefahrlich
11/01 Helsinki, FI @ Tavastia
11/02 Stockholm, CH @ Etablissemanget
11/03 Oslo, NO @ Parktheatret
11/04 Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
11/05 Berlin, DE @ Berghain
11/07 Den Bosch, NL @ November Music
11/09 Brighton, UK @ Komedia
11/10 Bristol, UK @ The Lantern @ Colston Hall
11/11 Birminhham, UK @ Glee Club
11/12 London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall
11/13 Glasgow, UK @ The Hug and Pint
11/14 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
11/16 Paris, FR @ New Morning
11/17 Brussels, BE @ AB Club
11/18 Brugge, BE @ Biekorf
11/19 Utrecht, NL @ Le Guess Who? Festival
11/24 Kyoto, Japan @ Metro
11/25 Osaka, Japan @ Conpass
11/26 Tokyo, Japan @ WWW
12/09 Sydney, AU @ Newtown Social Club
12/10 Brisbane, AU @ Black Bear Lodge
12/11 Melbourne, AU @ Howler
12/12 Victoria, AU @ Meredith Music Festival

Have You In My Wilderness is out 9/25 via Domino.

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