Julia Holter
Julia Shammas Holter (born December 18, 1984) is an American experimental artist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. A CalArts graduate, she released her first studio album, Tragedy, in 2011. A second album, Ekstasis, followed in 2012. Holter also collaborates with other musicians including Nite Jewel, Linda Perhacs, and Michael Pisaro. In 2013, she released her third album, Loud City Song to resounding critical acclaim. Read Full BioJulia Shammas Holter (born December 18, 1984) is an American experimental artist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. A CalArts graduate, she released her first studio album, Tragedy, in 2011. A second album, Ekstasis, followed in 2012. Holter also collaborates with other musicians including Nite Jewel, Linda Perhacs, and Michael Pisaro. In 2013, she released her third album, Loud City Song to resounding critical acclaim.

Holter, a Los Angeles native, grew up in a musical family. Her father plays guitar and once performed with Pete Seeger. Her mother, Carole Shammas, is a prominent academic and currently holds the John R. Hubbard Chair in History at the University of Southern California. Besides playing and recording music, Holter tutors students and works with a nonprofit organization for teenagers in South Central Los Angeles. After graduating from CalArts, where she studied composition, Holter contributed songs to multiple compilation albums in 2008. She performed in the LA Road Concert with the Open Academy Youth Orchestra on Washington Boulevard in 2009. The following year she began playing with Linda Perhacs' band. In 2010, she released a CD-R titled Celebration and a collection of live recordings.

Her debut studio album, Tragedy, was released in August 2011 on Leaving Records. Inspired by Euripides' Greek play Hippolytus, the album received generally favorable reviews and was named one of NPR's "Best Outer Sound Albums Of 2011".

Holter released a second album, Ekstasis, in March 2012 on the RVNG label. The album drew comparisons to works by such artists as Laurie Anderson, Julianna Barwick, Kate Bush, Joanna Newsom, Grouper, and Stereolab, and received many positive reviews. Holter spent three years making the album, whose title comes from the Greek word meaning "outside of oneself." The music video for album track "Moni Mon Amie", directed by Yelena Zhelezov, was also released in March.

In addition to collaborating with other California-based musicians like Nite Jewel (Ramona Gonzalez), Holter recently released her third album, Loud City Song. Unlike her first two albums, which were recorded mostly alone in her bedroom, Holter recorded Loud City Song with an ensemble of musicians
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Sea Calls Me Home
Julia Holter Lyrics


I don't need no one to follow, feathers full
Get up early just to charm unawakened souls
When the sea called me
When the sea called me home

I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear

It's no wonder they're shipping all my clothes
Wear the fog, I'll forget the rules I've known
Look in cloud's mirror
When the sea calls me home

I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear

I hear small words from the shore
No recognized pattern

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Light Soul

I don't need no one to follow, feathers full
Get up early just to charm unawakened souls
When the sea called me
When the sea called me home
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
It's no wonder they're shipping all my clothes
Wear the fog, I'll forget the rules I've known
Look in cloud's mirror
When the sea calls me home
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
I hear small words from the shore
No recognized pattern



Jeremy Auz

Lyrics:

I don't need no one to follow, feathers full
Get up early just to charm unwaking souls
When the sea called me
When the sea called me home

[Chorus]
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear

[Verse 2]
It's no wonder they're shipping all my clothes
Wear the fog, I'll forget the rules I've known
Look in cloud's mirror
When the sea called me home

[Saxophone Solo]

[Chorus]
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear
I can't swim, it's lucidity, so clear

[Outro]
I hear small words from the shore
No recognized pattern



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Nameless !

It's like she grabbed something there, a sort of alchemy of different sounds, that musicians, singers & composers have been looking for a long time without getting a hold of it. But she has it naturally... and it's out there now.

Dokka Chapman

I love the sound of the sax in this track. It's always best to hear the clicks from it in a recording. It's like hearing the reverb of the strings on an acoustic guitar as you change chords.

Amanda Mc

I love how she expresses herself so simply

Eduardo Munguía

es verdaderamente asombroso como la música de Julia te transporta a otro mundo, un mundo mágico, sobrenatural, inverosímil, es como ascender a otro plano, la música misma, los sintetizadores , la voz de Julia...Uf! temazo !

cielobuio

A while back, I heard "Everytime Boots" on the radio and really liked it, so I added it to a Spotify playlist and didn't pay much attention to the artist. Yesterday, I heard this on the radio for the first time and immediately loved it. I then realised, it's the same singer as Everytime Boots. Clearly I need to go and discover more of her work. Sorry I'm late to the party.

Andres Araya

She's so beautiful and talented. I love her.

Mateusz

Julia Holter is a treasure!

Phil Roberts

Beautifully sung Julia this chorus has to be close to the best hook of the year. Love the video with its kites, where she's singing into the mic in the desert or swimming underwater. She really has it all going on and is one I'll be watching in the future.

Raffy Rillo

I love this song.

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