Description
Release Date Friday 22nd March 2024
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day
Circus of Desire is the much anticipated third studio album from
Grammy-nominated folk singer-songwriter Olivia Chaney
Worked up over fve eventful years, this collection of lovingly wrought songs was
recorded in NYC with long- time collaborator, producer and musician Thomas
Bartlett (David Byrne, the Magnetic Fields, Sufjan Stevens, The National, St.
Vincent, Father John Misty).
Consisting of ten originals and one cover (a revoicing of Dory Previn's haunting
ballad 'Lady with the Braid'), this album is Olivia set free. Taking their departure
from real life experiences, these songs strain towards the universal. The title track
blends the carnivalesque and meditations on ancient wisdom with an anthemic,
dancy refrain. 'Calliope' is a tribute to Olivia's daughter, named after the Greek
muse of music and epic poetry, picturing this little life as part of the everrevolving cosmos. 'To the Lighthouse' tells the story of her sister who left the
capital to live on a remote island. Like 'Mirror, Mirror' and 'Why', a pair of tracks
about erotic love, this song refects upon our capacity to fee and transcend
inherited trauma. 'Zero Sum' is a setting of a metaphysical number poem by
Olivia's grandfather, a mathematician and poet. 'I Wish' - the album closer, is the
ultimate breakup song.
Whilst staying true to her folk roots, Olivia enters new musical territories with
Circus of Desire, venturing into the realms of pop and dance. The record features
cameos from a number of friends, including string arrangements by Nico Muhly
and banjo and guitar from Sam Amidon.The result of this rich blend of musical
infuences is an album that looks honestly, sometimes despairingly, but primarily
hopefully at the carnival that is life -'we're in a dance with death, with fre...we're
all in a circus of desire'.
Tracks: Art Of Losing / Circus Of Desire / Why / To The Lighthouse / Galop /
Zero Sum / Bogeyman / Lady With The Braid / Mirror, Mirror / Calliope / I Wish
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