Search results
On March 3, 2023, Spektral Quartet, a multi-GRAMMY-nominated ensemble “obliterating the dividing line between past and present” (The New Yorker), and Julia Holter, a “haunting,” “mesmerizing,” and “mysterious” singer (Pitchfork), release Behind the Wallpaper.
I wrote Behind the Wallpaper for Spektral Quartet and singer Julia Holter, whose own music has a stylistic fluidity and vulnerability that made her the perfect choice for this dreamy, unsettling story.”
28 de feb. de 2023 · How engrossing it is to be in one moment a scene partner spinning around the dance floor with Julia Holter, and the next, a sinister, creaking door…or vaporous, alien landscape. This story is the kind we’d like to see more of in the world.
8 de mar. de 2023 · Behind the Wallpaper was a staggering achievement in 2015, when Temple wrote it for Los Angeles-based avant-pop vocalist Julia Holter and Chicago’s Spektral Quartet. But on the long-awaited studio recording, released this month by New Amsterdam, the piece is transcendent.
9 de mar. de 2023 · Sung with both passion and understatement by Los Angeles artist Julia Holter, with music expressing varying measures of want, dislocation, sadness and promise performed by Chicago’s Spektral...
3 de mar. de 2023 · Listen to Behind the Wallpaper by Spektral Quartet, Julia Holter & Alex Temple on Apple Music. 2023. 11 Songs. Duration: 34 minutes.
Behind the Wallpaper occupies the unknown space just before a transformation is complete. Inspired by composer Alex Temple’s gender transition, the album explores themes of renewal and realization and is performed by Chicago’s Spektral Quartet and singer-songwriter Julia Holter.
