Watch: Julianna Barwick “One Half”

12 Aug 2013 — Andi Wilson

Julianna Barwick’s video for her latest single “One Half” is so aesthetically pleasing that it hurts. There is sense of hope with shots of sunlight, oozing fruit, and mesmeric forestry. The exhaustion and darkness are lifted with some complexion of mutual understanding by the end of the video, while simultaneously giving the viewer a daunting curiosity of what even happened to begin such tangled emotions. Compared to Barwick’s 2011 release The Magic Place, where her voice is layered upon layers, “One Half” reveals lyrics to treasure. "I guess I was asleep that night, was waiting for..." gives us a notion of what the anticipated third album, Nepenthe will bring. 

Dead Oceans is to release Nepenthe on August 12. Watch the video for “One Half” directed by Zia Anger below.