Halo On The Inside

変幻自在な歌声とカタルシスをもたらすギターに魅了される最新作『Halo On The Inside』が発売!

シカゴを拠点にミュージシャン/作曲家/マルチ・アーティストとして活躍するCircuit des Yeux。〈Thrill Jockey〉や〈Drag City〉にカタログを残し、Jackie Lynn名義でも知られる才媛が〈Matador〉より最新作をリリース!本作ではプロデューサーにAndrew Broder (Bon Iver, Moor Mother, Lambchop)を迎え入れている。インダストリアル、ヒップホップからの影響もうかがえる重厚なビートとダークなシンセ音、グランジ由来のギターが飛び交う「Megaloner」、怪しいムードの中、程よいアシッド成分とダンスビートが心地良さを生み出す「Canopy Of Eden」、耽美的でバレアリックな空気感、耳をくすぐるようなアレンジに加えてヴァイオリンのサウンドが美しく響き渡る中、突如切り裂くようなギターサウンドが壮大に奏でられる「Skeleton Key」などを収録。Circuit des Yeuxの変幻自在な声とBroderのカタルシス溢れるギターが絡み合い、絶妙なケミストリーを生み出す必聴盤!

Haley Fohrs entire discography is marked by constant reinvention. From the noisy avant-folk of her early recordings, she has since made profound art-rock statements like In Plain Speech and Reaching for Indigo, and diverted into outlaw fantasy disco with her alter ego Jackie Lynn. After Circuit des Yeux incorporated expansive orchestral instrumentation into 2021s -io, the projects subsequent singles all explored different sonic directions, with 2024s startling "God Dick" containing furious strings, skittering electronic beats, and a flash of choral vocals at the end. The 2025 full-length Halo on the Inside introduces itself with "Megaloner"s stark industrial beats, which are alternately swarmed with distortion and accompanied by icy synth melodies. "Canopy of Eden" is more danceable, with Fohr repeating "I can make a radio break" over burbling electronics, electro beats, and a nearly Chemical Brothers-worthy bassline. "Skeleton Key" takes a while to paint a mood before it attacks with a slow, heavy crunch, and "Anthem of Me" counters its sludgy pounding with Fohrs operatic wailing. "Truth" is haunted drone-disco with layers of knocking percussion and effects escalating Fohrs vocals to ghastly proportions. "Organ Bed" has a truly dramatic build, matching its "deep into infinity" lyric by plunging into a dazzling synth sequence along with stargazing horns and scattered vocals, all conveying a feeling of transcendence. Both introspective and commanding, Halo on the Inside charts a path between the club and the cosmos. ~ Paul Simpson