Circuit des Yeux transforms isolation and grief into absorbing musical ambition on -io

Chicago vocalist, guitarist, and composer Haley Fohr is such a creative force that she can’t be contained by one persona—in addition to performing as Circuit des Yeux, she uses the alter ego Jackie Lynn to tell musical tales from the points of view of characters that feel personal yet slightly removed. Fohr began her new album, -io (Matador), her first full-length as Circuit des Yeux since 2017, in winter 2020. Devastated by the loss of a friend to suicide and a grandmother to Parki