Circuit des Yeux-Sirenum

After blowing my mind last year with her limited run lp "Symphone", Haley Fohr, a.k.a., Circuit des Yeux, returns with her first wide release LP. "Sirenum"is a true homedade psychedelic record, recalling the best records of these types from mid-90's Siltbreeze catalog. The sounds are made up of a plethora of instruments; guitars, pianos, drums, and fx all come together to create a swirling collage of eerie psychedelic tones. Her vocals have gotten even more far out and bizarre; continuing on in the vocal eerieness of US Girls and pushing them in to the outer realms in which chanting and drum circles are as prevalent as guitars and feedback that the ESP-disk catalog used to be known for. The most abstracted tracks on the records apply feedback and drones to the haunting melodies, coming off as 80's synth-goth as re-envisioned by one of today's psychedelic noise nuts, and the combinations couldn't be any more refreshing. The tracks on the album are dark, but not in a disturbing way. These are very emotional songs, love songs if you will, but re-imagined as true pieces of psychedelic head fuckery. One of the best records I've heard this year.