=========================================================================== Aviary =========================================================================== Title : Aviary Artist : Julia Holter Genre : Art Pop, Chamber Pop, Indie Experimental Released: 2018 An aviary is a type of terrarium meant for birds and other flying animals, often natural-looking while hiding a facade of greenhouse-like architecture. Julia Holter's "Aviary" is similar, featuring natural sounding instrumentation and chamber pop songwriting, but filtering it through experimental passages and subtle electronic effects. There are pieces like the "I Shall Love" tracks that can feel bombastic and huge, but also smaller, quieter tracks, like "Chaitius", "Voce Simul", and "I Would Rather See". Julia can go from sounding hopeful and youthful to dejected and sad even within the same part of a song. Every track is expressive, artful, expansive, and worth your full attention. If you want to sit through an hour-and-a-half magical experience, this is the album for you. Favorite Tracks: Turn the Light On, I Would Rather See, Why Sad Song