‘-io

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

A celebrated figure in Chicagos 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 Yeuxs most ornate and elaborate work to date a set of compositions that nest Fohrs 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 Chicagos 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 Fohrs 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.

Tracklist

Tonglen | In Vain

Vanishing

Dogma

The Chase

Sculpting the Exodus

Walking Toward Winter

Argument

Neutron Star

Stranger

Oracle Song