Holy Matter is the pseudonym of Leanna Kaiser, a musician, experimental filmmaker, and music video creator living in Los Angeles, CA.
Originally from St Louis, MO, while living there Kaiser co-founded the ambient duo Frances With Wolves with prolific rock n’ roll songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andy Kahn (Cyanides, Shitstorm, Future Junk). Together FWW toured the country, opening for Wet Hair, Mount Eerie, Xiu Xiu and many other bands. In 2021 they released a collection of home recordings entitled Fruits That You'll Never Know via their label Nighttime Records.
Kaiser's first show as Holy Matter found her opening for Weyes Blood at Floating Labs in St. Louis. After a stint touring in various bands, she began studying experimental film, scoring her own films along with Kahn, and eventually moving to Los Angeles in 2015 to study at CalArts’ prestigious MFA Program in Film/Video. During her time at CalArts, she became further interested in recording, eventually coming to manage the film school's recording studio.
Kaiser spent the next several years continuing as an ambient improvisational artist, performing her work using loop pedals, guitar, voice, and keyboard. All the while she stayed busy making music videos for artists such as Allegra Krieger, Dean Wareham, Big Search, Jack Name and Papercuts, while also working as a film projectionist.
Royal Oakie Records is proud to release her debut album Beauty Looking Back on October 4th 2204, with a UK/EU physical release to follow on December 6th 2024.
“...occupies the liminal space between the real, emotional and spiritual, as though through loss and introspection, one can lead themselves towards uncanny places.”
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