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Julianna Barwick shares new track, LP details
By Aly Barchi | Published on Friday 17 May 2013
So, Julianna Barwick spent time in Reykjavik, Iceland, earlier this year, primarily to make the new LP she’s set to release via Dead Oceans on 20 Aug. She has named it ‘Nepenthe’ after an ancient Greek narcotic that was believed to ease sadness and grief, a title that was inspired by a death in her family that took place mid-way into taping.
She says: “Everything I was making was visceral – the record represents some serious emotional stuff. I also was inspired just by being there, and the gorgeousness of that place. Your eyes can’t believe what they’re seeing. I walked home one night and got totally lost in Reykjavík. I ended up walking alongside the ocean – and it was glowing blue. It looked like it had a lamp underneath it. This is a completely different experience than recording myself in my Brooklyn bedroom”.
Yes, that it is, as this trailer featuring album track ‘Forever’ shows:
Tracklisting:
Offing
The Harbinger
One Half
Look Into Your Own Mind
Pyrrhic
Labyrinthine
Forever
Adventurer Of The Family
Crystal Lake
Waving To You
