Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore have shared details of their debut collaborative album, Tragic Magic.
Spanning seven tracks, the new record was written and recorded in just nine days – a mark of the “musical telepathy” of the two artists, Barwick said in a press release. Arriving in Paris from Los Angeles to record together, shortly after the 2025 wildfires in LA, the sessions paired improvisation with the ideas and emotions they had brought with them.
The two artists were given access to the instrument collection of the Philharmonie de Paris’ Musée de la Musique for the recording sessions. Lattimore selected three harps dating from between 1728 and 1873, while Barwick chose several analog synth, including the Roland JUPITER and Sequential Circuits PROPHET-5.
In a statement, Lattimore said: “We were so lucky to have access to this experience. There was a lot of reverence, working with people with such warmth and enthusiasm, bringing these instruments into a modern context, literally taken off the shelves of the museum.”
Barwick added: “We wanted to honour the past while making music that we feel is a true expression of ourselves. People ask, ‘How was Paris?’ I’m like, ‘It was perfect.’ It was like everything just aligned.”
Listen to new track ‘Melted Moon’ below.
The duo previously shared album cut ‘Perpetual Adoration’ as a standalone single last month.
InFiné will release Tragic Magic on January 16, 2026.
