Aviary is an epic journey through what Julia Holter describes as “the cacophony of the mind in a melting world.” and it’s the Los Angeles composer’s most breathtakingly expansive album yet, full of startling turns and dazzling instrumental arrangements. The follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2015 record, Have You in My Wilderness, it takes as its starting point a line from a 2009 short story by writer Etel Adnan: "I found myself in an aviary full of shrieking birds." It’s a scenario that sounds straight out of a horror movie, but it’s also a pretty good metaphor for life in 2018, with its endless onslaught of political scandals, freakish natural disasters, and voices shouting their desires and resentments into the void. Aviary combines Holter’s slyly theatrical vocals and Blade Runner-inspired synth work with an enveloping palette of strings and percussion that reveals itself, and the boundless scope of her vision, over the course of fifteen songs.2CD - Double CD housed in Outer “mini gatefold” sleeve with printed inner sleeves and 16 page booklet.2LP+ - Deluxe LP indies only: Gatefold sleeve on Double Heavyweight Clear vinyl with Black polylined inner sleeves plus 8 page booklet and Download.2LP - Standard LP: Gatefold Sleeve on Double heavyweight Black vinyl with Black polylined inner sleeves plus 8 page booklet and Download.
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