The dense thickets of sonic fog that clouded Julia Holter's Tragedy have dissapated on "In the Same Room", our second taste from Holter's forthcoming follow-up, Ekstasis. The song is a perfect distillation of her strengths, from the harpsichord that adds a briefly rich layer of sound to the song's gorgeous comedown to the minute of dissipating ambience and scattered keyboard tones that act as a head-cleaner for the slightly distanced pop that precedes it. She's inviting us to lean in closer, and the music yields more with every narrowed inch.

[from Ekstasis; out 03/08/12 via RVNG Intl.]