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Julia Brown - An Abundance of Strawberries [New Vinyl LP] Colored Vinyl, Digital

Artist: Julia Brown

Title: An Abundance of Strawberries

Format: Vinyl LP

Genre: Rock

UPC: 811774024198

Release Date: 2016

Record Label: Joy Void

Album Tracks

1. An Abundance of Strawberries
2. Snow Day
3. All Alone in Bed
4. 25 Days (May 15)
5. Without You (Full)
6. Abby's Song
7. You Can Always Hear Birds
8. The Way You Want
9. Loved
10. The Body Descends
11. Possession (Full)
12. Closing (On a Roof)
13. Bloom

Limited colored vinyl LP pressing includes digital download and 24" poster. In every way, Julia Brown's only full-length record An Abundance of Strawberries defies expectations. Their final release, Strawberries was recorded largely after the band had broken up. Rather than scrap a large amount of material, songwriter Sam Ray and violist and singer Caroline White decided to finish the record with a rotating cast of musicians, including the original band members Alec Simke and John Toohey, as well as Sean Mercer, Warren Hildebrand, Alex Giannascoli, Abby Trunfio, and others. Largely eschewing traditional band arrangements, they worked heavily with samples - drum machines, breaks, and bird calls in lieu of traditional percussion, 808s in place of basslines - before layering arrangements of strings, pianos, horns, and omnichord on top alongside lush harmonies and oft-affected vocals. The result is a meticulous record that sounds like nothing and everything at once. Both celebratory and melancholy, it nods toward a lineage of pop and indie-pop artists from Ellie Greenwich to Heavenly and more experimental acts like Fog, Cotton Candy Collective, Spiritualized and Duster.