{"id":24058,"date":"2026-08-31T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hcdistro.com\/store\/?post_type=product&p=24058"},"modified":"2026-08-05T09:22:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:22:36","slug":"julia-vorontsova-from-st-petersburg-with-love","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.hcdistro.com\/store\/products-page\/compactdisc\/julia-vorontsova-from-st-petersburg-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Julia Vorontsova | From St. Petersburg With Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Petersburg With Love is a spellbinding artifact of outsider psych-folk from Russian born singer-songwriter Julia Vorontsova. Recorded after relocating to New York, the album serves as a haunting bridge between Eastern European folk melancholy and the early-2000s freak folk boom, capturing a sound that is fragile and intimate. At the core of the album is Vorontsova\u2019s deep reverence for the Russian bard tradition, the underground poetry-centric acoustic movement pioneered by mid-century Soviet dissidents. She inherits the raw, unadorned narrative spirit of those street poets, carrying their heavy, melancholic soul into a contemporary framework. Armed with little more than her classical guitar and a ghostly, trembling voice, Vorontsova spins tales of longing, love & displacement. Yet, St. Petersburg With Love transcends simple traditionalism, veering into deep psych-folk territory through its spectral atmospheres and unconventional textures. The production preserves every crackle, breath, and fret squeak, creating an eerie intimacy that feels almost dangerously confessional. The record caught the ear of legendary BBC radio broadcaster Charlie Gillett, who championed Vorontsova\u2019s singular talent, bringing her shadowy acoustic vignettes to an international audience hungry for authentic global underground sounds. Stripped of glossy studio trickery, St. Petersburg With Love stands as an essential, timeless document of NYC underground psych-folk at its inception; a heartbreakingly beautiful union of Russian heritage, urban exile, and acoustic minimalism. All tracks sung in Russian, 10 page booklet with English commentary and drawings by the artist included.<\/p>\n

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Track Listing<\/h3>\n
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  1. Older (3:02)<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Horseshoe (1:53)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Streetcar (:59)<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Rock N Roll (2:45)<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Flute Night (2:17)<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Illusions (1:41)<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Keys (2:27)<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Agape (1:41)<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Rome (2:22)<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Love (3:18)<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. Picnic (1:35)<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. Faberg\u00e9 (1:22)<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. Henry VIII (:53)<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. Grandfather (5:13)<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. Pushkin (1:58)<\/span><\/li>\n
  16. Hours (2:45)<\/span><\/li>\n
  17. Emptiness (2:33)<\/span><\/li>\n
  18. For My Joy (2:16)<\/span><\/li>\n
  19. Cities & Countries (4:20)<\/span><\/li>\n
  20. I'm Leaving You (2:01)<\/span><\/li>\n
  21. Beauty<\/li>\n
  22. One Kitten (3:48)<\/span><\/li>\n
  23. Lullaby (2:23)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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