The best sampler cd from a music magazine I've heard in ages, The Dreamers has, aside from everything else great about it, two gorgeous covers of classic songs...
"You Don't Own Me" (originally recorded by Lesley Gore) more than holds up in Policia's hands while Julia Holter's take on "Don't Make Me Over" (Hal David/Burt Bacharach) is as absolutely mesmerizing as her wonderful treatment of "Hello Stranger" on her album Loud City Song. The woman truly makes interpreting well-known songs a magical thing...
Still, it’s the album’s centerpiece, a hypnotizing six-and-a-half minute rendition of Barbara Lewis' “Hello Stranger”, that might just be the most uncomplicatedly gorgeous thing Holter’s ever done. It’s risky to tackle a tune that’s been covered enough times to make it feel like a modern-day standard, but Holter’s atmospheric take finds a particular strain of longing and serenity in the song. It's a heart-stopper. Amidst the rest of Loud City Song’s chatty, high-concept vitality, “Hello Stranger” is a moment of comfort and instant connection, like suddenly spotting a familiar face on a busy street.-Pitchfork magazine
CMJ calls her "woozy" and I think they mean it in the best way possible...what a dreamy voice she has.
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