Will
Her third album: nine tracks, with more electronics and, for the first time, lyrics.
Julianna Barwick, 2016
Will has nine tracks: "St. Apolonia", "Nebula", "Beached", "Same", "Wist", "Big Hollow", "Heading Home", "Someway" and "See, Know". It was recorded at Moog's Sound Lab in Asheville, North Carolina, according to an AU Review interview; other accounts mention an upstate New York house and Lisbon, which we could not confirm. Thomas Arsenault of Mas Ysa sang on it, and she said she could not just tell him to make sounds. It reached 3 on the US New Age chart, 21 on Heatseekers and 42 on the UK Independent chart.
Metacritic scored it 77 from 22 critics; Pitchfork's Philip Sherburne gave 8.2, AllMusic's Heather Phares four stars and Drowned in Sound 8 out of 10. The Quietus ranked it 34th among albums of 2016.
Track listing
- St. Apolonia2:13
- Nebula5:34
- Beached4:08
- Same4:55
- Wist2:40
- Big Hollow5:30
- Heading Home3:57
- Someway4:30
- See, Know5:04
More from Julianna Barwick
The Magic Place (2011), Nepenthe (2013), Healing Is A Miracle (2020)
Sources
- Will (Julianna Barwick album), Wikipedia
- Interview: Julianna Barwick wills magic for Melbourne Music Week, The AU Review (2017-11-15)