Description

12″ vinyl

‘Is This All There Is?’ is the first instalment in a
trilogy of records that explore identity as a
metamorphosis, shaped and reshaped through the
experience of falling in love. This was inspired by
Anna Calvi’s own perspective shift after becoming
a parent.
In this first record, Calvi dives into existential
questions of modern existence: How do we reclaim
intimacy? Is there something more elemental we
can connect with? What does it mean to feel truly
awake?
Following her work scoring the final two seasons of
‘Peaky Blinders’ and composing an opera with
visionary director Robert Wilson, Calvi returns with
an EP that plays like a cinematic soundscape – a
four-song film arc populated by vivid characters.
Her collaborators on this EP – Iggy Pop, Laurie
Anderson, Perfume Genius, Matt Berninger – all
share a singularity of vision. “They share a kind of
subversive honesty,” Calvi notes. “They’re not
trying to please anyone. They express exactly who
they are.” On this EP their voices become
characters in the story, actors in the world she’s
creating.

Tracklisting:

God’s Lonely Man (feat. Iggy Pop)
I See A Darkness (feat. Perfume Genius)
Computer Love (feat. Laurie Anderson)
Is This All There Is? (feat. Matt Berninger)