Something in the Room She Moves
by Julia Holter
- Type: Album
- Released: 22 March 2024
- Label: Domino
- Country: United States
- Length: 53:48
- Community rating: 3.99/5 from 19 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'Something in the Room She Moves', Julia Holter crafts an avant-pop soundscape defined by a warm, fluid production style that melds free-jazz spontaneity with classical and electronic textures. The album's core instrumentation of fretless bass, shimmering synthesizers, and woodwinds creates an intimate and intricate sonic environment, channeling a sense of childlike playfulness inspired by Holter's experiences with new motherhood. This results in a deeply personal yet accessible work, balancing its complex, shifting arrangements with Holter's ethereal vocal presence to explore themes of transformation and the physics of love.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, dreamy, atmospheric, delicate, aquatic
Tracklist
- Sun Girl (05:52)
- These Morning (03:49)
- Something in the Room She Moves (06:18)
- Materia (03:08)
- Meyou (05:55)
- Spinning (06:14)
- Ocean (05:38)
- Evening Mood (06:24)
- Talking to the Whisper (06:52)
- Who Brings Me (03:38)
Credits
- Julia Holter - vocals, wurlitzer electronic piano, yamaha cs-60, lap steel guitar, producer, arranger, recording engineer
- Elizabeth Goodfellow - drums, percussion
- Devra Hoff - fretless bass, double bass
- Chris Speed - saxophone, clarinet
- Tashi Wada - prophet-6, bagpipes
- Sonjia Denise Hubert Harper - flute, piccolo
- Sarah Belle Reid - trumpet, electronics
- Ramona Gonzalez - vocals
- Jessika Kenney - vocals
- Mia Doi Todd - vocals
- Kenny Gilmore - co-producer, recording and mixing engineer, sound
- Heba Kadry - mastering engineer
- Tyler Carmen - assistant recording engineer
- Gemma Castro - assistant recording engineer
- Christina Quarles - cover art
- Dicky Bahto - insert photo
- Matthew Cooper - design