Rooms with Walls and Windows

Rooms with Walls and Windows
Compilation album by Julie Byrne
Released	January 21, 2014 (2014-01-21)
Studio	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genre	Folk, singer-songwriter
Length	41:50
Language	English
Label	Orindal
Julie Byrne chronology
Julie Byrne (2013) Rooms with Walls and Windows (2014) Not Even Happiness (2017)

Rooms with Walls and Windows is the first full-length album by American singer-songwriter Julie Byrne, released in 2014. The album is a compilation of two limited-run cassette tapes that Byrne released in 2012, You Would Love It Here and Julie Byrne.

Russel Warfield of Drowned in Sound gave this album a 7 out of 10, writing that Byrne "brilliantly subverts this old truism" of succeeding through directness that makes "an immersive listen with absolutely no breaks from its fragile atmosphere; a beautiful and beguiling record, full of space, absence, and mixed emotions".^[1] In Loud and Quiet, Chris Watkeys rated this release a 5 out of 10, writing that while Byrne "has created something beautiful... something with a shred of originality she has not".^[2] Pitchfork Media's Jayson Greene scored Rooms with Walls and Windows a 7.4 out of 10, recommending that listeners use headphones to appreciate the softer sounds in the songs, which resembles ambient music.^[3]

All songs written by Julie Byrne.

1. "Wisdom Teeth Song" – 4:40
2. "Young Wife" – 2:15
3. "Attached to Us Like Butcher Wrap" – 4:35
4. "Holiday" – 2:39
5. "Butter Lamb" – 4:24
6. "Piano Music" – 1:45
7. "Prism Song" – 3:37
8. "Marmalade" – 4:45
9. "Vertical Ray" – 3:01
10. "Emeralds" – 3:12
11. "Keep On Raging" – 3:17
12. "Piano Music for Lucy" – 3:40

• Julie Byrne – guitar, vocals
• Jake Acosta – recording, mixing
• Owen Ashworth – mastering for vinyl edition
• Matthew Barnhart – mastering for vinyl edition
• Caitlin Roberts – cover photography

• List of 2014 albums

• Rooms with Walls and Windows at Discogs (list of releases)
• Rooms with Walls and Windows at MusicBrainz (list of releases)