ZING ZAP FLOWER POW

The Chicago winter was very unkind, but warmth shows promise. 

Photo by Mia Beach

05.23.13 Lafayette, IN @ Foam City with Bitchin Bajas

05.29.13 Madison, WI @ Dragon Fly Lounge with Malaikat dan Singa, Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Moonrises

05.31.13 Chicago, IL @ Café Mustache with Bil Vermette + Ono & Zsolar Fox

THE FEELING OF

“To be running breathlessly, but not yet arrived, is itself delightful, a suspended moment of living hope.” - Anne Carson

V/A YOUR VICTORIAN BREASTS

 

I recently contributed a track to a very lovely compilation, "Your Victorian Breasts", now available from Three:Four records.  Curated by Maxime Guitton, it features a long roster of musicians I am more than flattered to accompany.  Feel free to stream the entire double LP below, including an instrumental cover of Daniel Johnston's "Despair Came Knocking" (contributed by yours truly). 

PURE HYPE

Below is a solo live set I did at WHPK's "Pure Hype".  It was recorded on January 18th, 2013 featuring just me and a newly acquired 12 string.  Photo by Julia Dratel and recording by Josh Oberman.

A FLUORESCENT LIGHT

"CDY3" IS NOW AVAILABLE AT www.magneticsouthrecordings.org

artist: Circuit des Yeux
title: CDY3
format: 10" vinyl record - black
released: 01/04/13

The cryptic vision of Circuit des Yeux becomes ever more formed with this minialbum. Whereas the oft solo Chicago-based Haley Fohr is backed with a tourlearned combo to push these three songs into maximal view then, off into obliteration. Yet, the focus remains Fohr’s haunted, mournful melodies, where the edges of her voice twist toward inner conflict and white light aggression, and intricate feedback architecture of her guitar playing.

In this near anthem rock mode the songs become a liberation from the cacophonous orchestrations fashioned throughout Symphone and Sirenum and the isolation of last year’s Portrait -- all full-lengths on the De Stijl label. The retelling of “I’m On Fire” and the new "Lithonia" are classic structures filtered through Fohr's Romantic spirit and an emotional weight not far from Catherine Ribeiro or Peter Jefferies. The B-side “Helen, You Bitch” is a smudged, concrète-purposed solo that builds with drums and more guitar until the end.

Recorded at the all analogue Magnetic South in Bloomington, Indiana, this 300 edition 10-inch is the studio’s first widespread release on its in-house label after previous titles from Apache Dropout, Learner Dancer and Tammar.

10" record housed inside of black and white cardstock foldover sleeve with b/w insert.

 

 

Listen/share the single, "Lithonia". 

 

WHEN YOUR BODY LEAVES YOU

For my 24th birthday I stepped into a a space-time tank / sensory deprivation capsule.  I grew a pair of wings during the process, and will be flying high through the month of January.  

See you soon, friends.

January 3rd /Champaign, IL/Thee Death Tower
with Thee Open Sex, Lonely Trailer, Dr. Responsible

January 4th /Bloomington, IN/Magnetic South
with Thee Open Sex

January 5th /Columbus, OH/The Summit
with Thee Open Sex & Cheater Slicks

January 10th /Chicago, IL/Lincoln Hall
with Radar Eyes & Speck Mountain

January 18th /Chicago, IL/WHPK

January 25th /Chicago, IL/The Burlington
*SPECIAL LETHA RODMAN MELCHIOR FUNDRAISER*

(photo by Cory Popp)

CDY3

A new release in the works, here are just a few general facts.  Please, don't hesitate to listen to "Helen, You Bitch", a track off the release HERE 


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A stint of silence will be broken by Circuit Des Yeux this winter with the coming of a new release, CDY3 10". CDY3 is a full band excursion, written/lead by Haley Fohr, and accompanied by Greg Simpson on guitar, and Clarke Joyner on drums.

3 pieces long, CDY3 runs a little over 20 minutes, and is a Magnetic South in house production. Magnetic South runs as a studio, record label, and art factory, based in Bloomington, IN. The 10" will be available in winter of 2012, but until then feel free to stream and share a track off of the release, "Helen, You Bitch". More info to come. A few promotional copies will be available in November as well. If interested please email hfohr@live.com