Circuit des Yeux (Haley Fohr) has released a new single and video taken from her Matador Records debut, -io, out October 22nd. ‘Vanishing’ is Circuit des Yeux at her most all-consuming, with driving strings that border on Bond theme leading to a howling chorus refrain, with Fohr’s sonorous 4-octave voice at center stage. The self-directed video for ‘Vanishing’ sees Fohr veering between different personas and backdrops, channelling the multifaceted drama, absurdity and apocalypse which underpin the album.
Fohr says:
“Vanishing is an account of climate change and loss through the final stage of grief. In this video I embody our evolving consciousness toward Earth and its health by representing four characters.
Lemonade Lady is the evasive optimist who is unwilling to acknowledge her changing surroundings.
Prepared Weather Person is the anxious prepper; ready for the worst and isolated by fear.
The Mortal Sufferer gets blown away in a field and serves as evidence that us corporeal beings are at the behest of our environment.
And Worm Girl personifies the stoic reality that all things human undoubtedly decompose in time.”
“The undimmed impact of Fohr’s voice – a tarry, cold-pressed blend of Nico and Anohni – is an unsurprisingly vital component of its uncanny negative-space chill, but it’s underpinned by the sheer intergalactic drama of her arrangements” – MOJO ****
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