Lykke Li unveils details of new “immersive audiovisual album”, ‘EYEYE’

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Lykke Li has announced details of a new album, ‘EYEYE’, described as her “most intimate project to date” and an “immersive audiovisual album”.Sharing the news today today (March 24), the album sees Li reunite with longtime collaborator Björn Yttling, their first time working together since her 2014 album, ‘I’ll Never Learn’.

He had previously worked Li on her first three albums. ‘EYEYE’ is released on May 20 and you can pre-order the album here.According to a press statement, the album was recorded in her bedroom in Los Angeles and is the musicians “attempt to compress a lifetime of romantic obsession and female fantasy into a hyper sensory landscape”.It added: “There were no click-tracks, no headphones, and no digital instruments.

The vocals were recorded on a handheld $70 [£53] drum mic, often in the moment of composition, giving the lyrics the still-beating sound of fresh heartbreak being whispered into your ear.”Li said of the album: “I wanted the record to have the intimacy of listening to a voice memo on a macro dose of LSD.”You can listen to the latest single off the new album, ‘No Hotel’, which was released yesterday (March 23) here:‘EYEYE’ Tracklist‘NO HOTEL’‘YOU DON’T GO AWAY’‘HIGHWAY TO YOUR HEART’‘HAPPY HURTS’‘CAROUSEL’‘5D’‘OVER’‘ü&i’A visual accompaniment to ‘EYEYE’ will be released alongside the record in the form of “seven visual loops”, revealing a larger narrative exploring the contining cycles of themes like love, addiction, relapse and obsession.Directed by Theo Lindquist and shot on 16 millimetere film by cinematographer Edu Grau (A Single Man), the one-minute videos are “meant to be viewed as fragments of a larger story”.