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CMU Approved
Approved: Julianna Barwick
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 14 March 2011
Brooklyn-based vocalist Julianna Barwick’s self-released her debut album, ‘Sanguine’, in 2006. It featured thirteen tracks built using only her voice, a loop pedal and a four-track. The resulting hymnal, lyricless a capella pieces were as inventive as they were beautiful. Now, five years later, she releases the follow-up, ‘The Magic Place’, via Asthmatic Kitty, which is available via download now, and on CD later this month.
The new album follows the same lines as ‘Sanguine’, though Barwick has now added some subtle instrumentation into the mix and smoothed out the rough edges, meaning ‘The Magic Place’ more successfully envelops you in the sound of her voice, singing to you many times over. The vocals swell gently back and forth like water, sharing an atmosphere in common with the ambient electronic works of arts like Brian Eno and Murcof.
juliannabarwick.bandcamp.com/album/the-magic-place
