Circuit des Yeux, the project of Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist Haley Fohr, has officially announced new album Halo on the Inside, out March 14th via Matador.

The album announcement comes with the unveiling of its chilling opening track, "Megaloner". In the past, we could count on Fohr to blend colder textures with psychedelic folk, kraut rock, and neoclassical. No such thing on "Megaloner", which channels the barren atmospheres of a Nine Inch Nails, EMA, or even her own alter ego project, Jackie Lynn.

Watch and listen below:

 Fohr has commented on her new song:

“Megaloner is an anthem for the place that exists after an action and inside its consequence. Prices are being paid and hope is our currency. I’m singing about endurance, faith, agency, and the singular, unbelievable path toward one’s own fate."

The song follows the earlier standalone single "God Dick", which does not appear on Halo on the Inside. The new album marks a shift in Fohr's recording and writing methods, forging most of the songs in the late night hours when everyone's asleep, looking for, in her words, “play and melody through software malfunction and feedback.”  She continues: 

“Through the process of making this music I was able to rewind myself to a time before fear ... And in the absence of fear I found the intimate beat of sex, love, and melody.”

Circuit des Yeux is hitting the road this week as a solo act, supporting Alan Sparhawk, followed by a tally of full-band backed dates in April and May. Find those dates below.

Halo on the Inside is out March 14. Preorder here. Full tracklist below:

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 

Tour Dates:

01/24 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge (Supporting Alan Sparhawk)
01/25 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater (Supporting Alan Sparhawk)
02/13 Sydney, AUS @ Oxford Art Factory #
02/14 Brisbane, AUS @ Crobar #
02/15 Melbourne, AUS @ Northcote Social Club #
02/21 Zurich, CH @ Bogen F
02/22 Geneva, CH @ Antigel Festival
02/24 Munich, DE @ Ampere
02/25 Berlin, DE @ Lido
02/27 Paris, FR @ Petit Bain
02/28 Antwerp, BE @ Trix Club
03/02 Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
03/03 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso - Tolhuistuin
03/05 Brighton, UK @ Chalk
03/06 Bristol, UK @ Lantern Hall
03/07 Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall
03/08 Glasgow, UK @ Room 2
03/26 Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
03/29 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
03/31 Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle Back Room
04/03 Boston, MA @ Sinclair
04/04 Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
04/07 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
04/08 Detroit, MI @ Loving Touch

Circuit Des Yeux Full Band:
04/15 Minneapolis, MN @ The Cedar %
04/16 Milwaukee, WI @ Sugar Maple %
04/17 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall ^
04/18 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom & Tavern %
04/19 Brooklyn, NY @ Public Records %
04/20 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s %
04/26 Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon %
04/27 San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel %
04/30 Portland, OR @ Holocene %
05/01 Seattle, WA @ Sunset %
05/07 Utrecht, NL @ EKKO
05/08 Berlin, DE @ Kantine am Berghain
05/10 Krems, AT @ donaufestival
05/12 Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere
05/14 London, UK @ ICA
05/15 Brussels, BE @ AB Club

# w/ Alan Sparhawk, Come
% w/ LEYA
^ w/ Facts

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