Name: -io
Brand: Circuit Des Yeux

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

OLE-1788-LP

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Colour

Black

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

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Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-10-22

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Beggars Group

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

191401178815

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Black LP

OLE-1788-CD

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191401178822

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Artist

Circuit Des Yeux

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Matador

Indiana native Haley Fohr began her experimental indie folk project Circuit des Yeux in 2007, writing and self-recording disturbing, nightmare-like atonal pieces caked in distortion and tape hiss. Her debut LP, Symphone, was released in a limited edition by De Stijl in 2008, followed in 2009 by the more widely available Sirenum on the same label, as well as a 7" single on Dull Knife Records.
In 2010, Fohr released Ode to Fidelity, a three-song EP that signaled her shift to more song-based material. Her haunting vocals and unsettling lyrics took center stage. The third album Portrait arrived in 2011 with clearer recording quality and a live deconstruction of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm on Fire." After graduating college in 2012, Fohr moved from Bloomington to Chicago where she collaborated with various artists.
In early 2013, Circuit des Yeux released CDY3 showcasing a trio lineup with bassist Greg Simpson and drummer Clarke Joyner. The fourth album Overdue was recorded with Cooper Crain of Cave and Bitchin Bajas. It featured confessional folk songs alongside experimental noise pieces and received critical acclaim. In May of 2015, Thrill Jockey released Circuit des Yeux's lushly orchestrated fifth album In Plain Speech.

-io is the sixth album by vocalist and composer Haley Fohr, best known as Circuit des Yeux.

A celebrated figure in Chicago’s music community, she has released acclaimed albums via De Stijl, Thrill Jockey, and Drag City and toured throughout the world. However, -io is Circuit des Yeux’s most ornate and elaborate work to date – a set of compositions that nest Fohr’s otherworldly four-octave voice amid a 24-piece string, brass, and wind ensemble. The album was put to tape last fall by Cooper Crain at Chicago’s Electrical Audio studio and mixed by Marta Salogni (Bjork, Holly Herndon) with Fohr acting as arranger and producer. Written in the wake of personal loss and recorded in the midst of the pandemic, -io maps a geography of grief – a place where “everything is ending all the time.” While Fohr’s music has never been short on ambition, these songs are striking in their brilliance and strangeness. On -io, Circuit des Yeux has delivered a work that is vivid, immense, and fully illuminated.

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