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Julie Byrne - Rooms with Walls and Windows

Review by Russell Warfield

A beautiful and beguiling record, full of space, absence, and mixed emotions.»

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Rooms With Walls and Windows' is the first album by Seattle-by-way-of-Chicago-by-way-of-Buffalo singer, songwriter and guitarist Julie Byrne. Blending psychedelic and traditional folk elements, Julie Byrne creates a highly personal and quietly mystical world that echoes the early work of Leonard Cohen and Vashti Bunyan. 'Rooms With Walls and Windows' twelve tracks were collected from two limited edition cassette releases, recorded between 2011 and 2012 by Jake Acosta in Chicago, IL. Each song was recorded live, with Julie accompanying herself on fingerpicked acoustic guitar or keyboard. 'Rooms With Walls and Windows' was lovingly remastered for vinyl by Owen Ashworth and Matthew Barnhart.
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