On her new album Conversation With a Ghost (released June 22), Giulia Millanta confronts loss in all its iterations. The resulting album is full of longing, beauty, and—through it all—a sense of hope. The Italian-born, Austin-based singer and songwriter brought her Imaginary Friends by Texas Monthly to play the haunting “Lila (Spread Your Arms)”.
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