Halo On The Inside [CD]

Circuit des Yeux - Halo On The Inside [CD]

Last fall, when Circuit des Yeux (aka CdY, aka Haley Fohr) released the stand-alone single “God Dick,” she described the song as a passage leading from the past toward things to come “It served a chrysalis function,” she wrote of the track, which morphs between orchestral grandeur and shuddering electronic percussion Fohr called it, “A love banshee bursting through porcelain skin one hair at a time until, finally, the beast within is fully on display” Out March 14th, 'Halo On The Inside' is the product of that metamorphosis It is the butterfly and the beast – a rhapsodic, hedonistic, dance floor-adjacent, pagan-friendly, horns-adorning wall of sound and emotion Halo on the Inside finds CdY renewed, recombinant, and thrillingly alien A Chicago based musician, composer, and multidisciplinary artist, Fohr’s work defies easy categorization It has encompassed critically acclaimed albums, free-form improvisation, painting, audio visual installations, and large ensemble compositions She has performed in an anechoic chamber (a room with no echo), written for a 50-piece children’s choir, and plunged from a rooftop (under the supervision of a stunt-coordinator) There’s shock in metamorphosis, 'Halo On The Inside' tells us, but there’s also levity and beauty A moment of seclusion and dislocation yielding to rebirth and ominous beauty 1 Megaloner 2 Canopy of Eden 3 Skeleton Key 4 Anthem of Me 5 Cosmic Joke 6 Cathexis 7 Truth 8 Organ Bed 9 It Takes My Pain Away