HOLY MATTER — The Dove
New single + Album release show news
Holy Matter is the pseudonym of Leanna Kaiser, a musician and experimental filmmaker living in Los Angeles. Beauty Looking Back is her forthcoming debut album. Originally from St Louis, Kaiser co-founded ambient duo Frances With Wolves before moving out west to study filmmaking. Kaiser spent the next several years performing her work using loop pedals, guitar, voice, and keyboard. All the while she stayed busy making music videos with Jessica Pratt, Allegra Krieger, Dean Wareham, Papercuts, and more. Holy Matter's new single / video is The Dove...
“The Dove comes from a character in the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel The Marble Faun, which I always wanted to read since seeing Grey Gardens. I finally read it before going on a trip to Italy, where it takes place. In the book, The Dove is a painter with lovely blonde hair who lives in a dovecote tending to a Roman church’s doves.
I loved that imagery and it reminded me of Rapunzel, a woman up in a tower looking over the landscape and pining away while sewing. And the elements respond to her in turn, taking her voice in the wind, the birds being her confidantes, being apart from someone she loves and wondering if he is thinking of her, too. But she kind of has to know he probably isn’t ever going to come back. I relate a lot to that self-isolation and how people have to sometimes exhaust themselves by climbing up this emotional wall in order to be let in because of some brain chemical witchcraft.
I love simple, circular guitar compositions and wanted this one to be plucky and bright. I added the electric guitar in there which feels dark to me, in contrast. It reminds me of a dirge or a march but with very pretty, wistful vocals. I recorded everything on this song quickly and in one go, pretty much. It was my first time playing around with synth strings in a significant way and I just improvised all the parts one after another, along with the flute. I got some Medieval feelings which reflected the content of the lyrics, as well,” says Leanna Kaiser.
Album Release Show
Holy Matter celebrates the release of her debut solo album Beauty Looking Back, with the album performed live in full by a six-piece band. RSVP.
Plus special guest Sam Burton.
Friday October 4th 2024
Gold Diggers
5632 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Tickets https://dice.fm/event/q2nn7x-holy-matter-w-sam-burton-4th-oct-gold-diggers-los-angeles-tickets
Release Details
- August 30th 2024 - The Dove single / video release
- October 4th 2024 - Beauty Looking Back worldwide digital and US physical release
- December 13th 2024 - Beauty Looking Back UK/EU physical release
- Album formats: Vinyl, CD, Digital
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