Video: Julia Holter, “Our Sorrows”

May 31, 2012


The video for "Our Sorrows" finds Julia Holter at a porcelain basin for daily ablutions (because really, we'd rather not imagine her as a mortal being doing things at a regular sink with running water) before a busy day of reprising Harold and the Purple Crayon with a large spool of a magenta cotton ribbon. Instead of drawing her own world, Holter simply embellishes the ordinary one, which is actually a fine metaphor for what it feels like to listen to Ekstasis on the train or walking down a gritty street; it adds a bit or dreamy luster and gauzy softness to everything. The video was directed by Naomi Yang of Galaxie 500/Damon & Naomi. Holter is heading out on tour in the UK with some support dates with Peaking Lights, see dates below.

UK / European Summer 2012 Tour

6/1/12 - Cafe Oto - London, UK
6/2/12 - Field Day Festival - London, UK
6/3/12 - Engine House @ IABF - Manchester, UK
6/4/12 - Forbidden Fruit Festival - Dublin, IRL
6/5/12 - Brudenell Social Club - Leeds, UK * w/ Peaking Lights
6/6/12 - Xoyo - London, UK * w/ Peaking Lights
6/7/12 - Tou Scene - Stavenger, NOR
6/9/12 - Only Connect Festival of Sound - Oslo, NOR
6/10/12 - Berghain - Berlin, GER
6/12/12 - Across @ Neues Museum - Nuernberg, GER
6/13/12 - Forum - Graz, AT
6/14/12 - Kong- Munich, GER
6/15/12 - Les Trinitaires - Metz, FR
6/16/12 - B-Sides Festival - Luzern, CH
6/17/12 - Spazioconcept - Milano, IT
6/19/12 - Menza Pri Koritu - Ljubljana, SLO
6/20/12 -Koo Koo Club - Athens, GRE
6/22/12 - Sidecar - Barcelona, ES
6/23/12 - Cafe Teatro @ Dia De La Musica - Madrid, ES
6/24/12 - Festival Sinsal- Vigo, ES
6/26/12 - Centro Cultural Vila Flor - Guimaraes, POR
6/27/12 - Galleria Ze De Bois - Lisbon, POR
7/3/12 - King Ludwig @ Museum Ludwig - Cologne, GER
7/4/12 - Thalia - Dresden, GER
7/5/12 - HBC - Berlin, GER
7/6/12 - Debaser - Malmo, SWE
7 7/12 - Roskilde - Copenhagen, DEN


US & Canada Fall 2012 Tour

8/8/12 - Paramount Theater - Seattle, WA
8/9/12 - Edgefield - Portland, OR
8/12/12 - Hollywood Forever - Los Angeles, CA
8/24/12 - Echo - Los Angeles, CA
8/31/12 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
9/1/12 - Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA
9/2/12 - Black Cat - Washington, DC
9/4/12 - Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar - Charlottesville, VA
9/6/12 - Hopscotch Festival - Seattle, WA
9/8/12 - The Old Church - Portland, OR
9/20/12 - SPACE Gallery - Portland, ME
9/21/12 - Church of St. John - Montreal, QC
9/22/12 - Legendary Horshoe Tavern - Toronto, ON
9/24/12 - Crofoot Ballroom - Pontiac, MI
9/25/12 - Beachland Tavern - Cleveland, OH
9/26/12 - Schubas Tavern - Chicago, IL
9/28/12 - Pygmalion Music Festival - Champain-Urbana, IL
9/29/12 - Midpoint Music Festival - Seattle, WA
10/1/12 - Wexner Center - Columbus, OH
10/2/12 - Andy Warhol Museum - Pittsburgh, PA

Posted: May 31, 2012
Video: Julia Holter, “Our Sorrows”