{"product_id":"julia-holter-materia","title":"Materia","description":"\u003cp\u003eJulia Holter always knew that there was more to the song “Materia” than what she included on her wondrous 2024 album, \u003cem\u003eSomething in the Room She Moves\u003c\/em\u003e. She had written the tune not long after the tours for 2018’s \u003cem\u003eAviary \u003c\/em\u003econcluded, 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\u003eBut on the new \u003cem\u003eMateria\u003c\/em\u003e, a kind of companion LP to \u003cem\u003eSomething\u003c\/em\u003e, Holter has realized not one but two distinct versions of the song. “Materia 2” is a hallucinatory dream of drum machines, fretless bass, and clarinet, Holter’s voice spiralling through ether alongside that of Jessika Kenney. And on “Materia 3,” intended as a hidden bonus track in an homage to the CD era of her youth, Holter literally slows down the take from \u003cem\u003eSomething\u003c\/em\u003e. The change not only emphasizes 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\u003e\u003cem\u003eMateria \u003c\/em\u003eis 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. And yet another is built from a riff that came from a demo for Something, a demo that itself is one of Materia’s most spellbinding and emotional pieces, “My Twin.” These seven songs show that Holter is among her generation’s most fluid writers of art-pop, moving among ideas and idioms with true exploratory aplomb. \u003cem\u003eMateria \u003c\/em\u003eis a kind of playground for Holter, where each distinct scene steadily coheres into a moving whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: August 2026\u003cbr\u003eCat: WIGLP582\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Domino\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eListen\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mL7ihzEA_FU?si=bd7C-kaia6OFa_Is\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.  The Laugh is in The Eyes \u003cbr\u003e2.  My Lost One \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e3.  Fantasy \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e4.  Materia 2 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e5.  Clepsydra \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e6.  My Twin \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e7.  Materia 3 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Julia Holter","offers":[{"title":"LP-Black","offer_id":56730975732098,"sku":"21\/08\/26-DISPIA","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56730988282242,"sku":"21\/08\/26-DISPIA","price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1795\/4365\/files\/juliaholter_MATERIA_3000x3000_RGB.jpg?v=1782304438","url":"https:\/\/recordculture.com\/products\/julia-holter-materia","provider":"Record Culture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}