Caroline Polachek has released her second solo album Desire, I Want To Turn Into You, today, Valentine’s Day.
It’s the former Chairlift’s followup album to 2019’s Pang, and first since the standalone hit of ‘Bunny Is A Rider’ (which features on the album), and pre-release singles including the Spanish-guitar-featuring ‘Sunset’, the spacious electronic choral of ‘Billions’ the morphing ‘weird’ 80s pop of ‘Welcome To My Island’, and ‘Blood And Butter’ produced by Danny L.Harle and featuring a bagpipes solo from Scottish folk artist Brìghde Chaimbeul.
The album also features Grimes and Dido on the song ‘Fly To You’.
Listen here:
DESIRE, I WANT TO TURN INTO YOU TRACKLISTING
- Welcome To My Island
- Pretty In Possible
- Bunny Is A Rider
- Sunset
- Crude Drawing Of An Angel
- Blood And Butter
- I Believe
- Fly To You (feat. Grimes and Dido)
- Hopedrunk Everasking
- Butterfly Net
- Smoke
- Billions
Caroline Polachek Live Dates
Feb 10 – Brighton, UK @ CHALK SOLD OUT
Feb 11 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Beckett Students Union (SOLD OUT)
Feb 12 – Oxford, UK @ O2 Academy Oxford
Feb 14 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
Feb 15 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
Feb 16 – Bristol, UK @ The Marble Factory
Feb 18 – Paris, FR @ Salle Pleyel
Feb 20 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega (SOLD OUT)
Feb 22 – Berlin, DE @ Huxleys (SOLD OUT)
Feb 23 – Hamburg, DE @ Mojo Club
Feb 24 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso (SOLD OUT)
Feb 25 – Cologne, DE @ Die Kantine
Feb 27 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix (SOLD OUT)
NORTH AMERICAN THE SPIRALING TOUR
Apr 14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall – with George Clanton
Apr 15 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner – with George Clanton
Apr 17 – Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre – with George Clanton
Apr 18 – Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre – with George Clanton
Apr 19 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall – with George Clanton
Apr 21 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern – with George Clanton
Apr 22 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre – with George Clanton
Apr 24 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall – with Toro Y Moi
Apr 25 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live at the Moody Theater – with George Clanton
Apr 26 – Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum – with Toro Y Moi
Apr 28 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre – with Sudan Archives
Apr 29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Auditorium – with Sudan Archives
May 1 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield – with Magdalena Bay SOLD OUT
May 2 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield – with Magdalena Bay – JUST ADDED
May 4 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo – with Sudan Archives – SOLD OUT
May 5 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo – with Sudan Archives – JUST ADDED
May 8 – Vancouver, BC @ The Orpheum – with Sudan Archives
May 9 – Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom – with Sudan Archives SOLD OUT
May 10 – Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom – with Sudan Archives – JUST ADDED
May 13 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party
May 14 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom – with Alex G
May 16 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre – with Ethel Cain – SOLD OUT
May 17 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium – with Ethel Cain
May 19 – Washington D.C. @ The Anthem – with Ethel Cain
May 20 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall – with Ethel Cain – SOLD OUT
EUROPEAN FESTIVAL DATES
May 27 – London, UK @ Wide Awake Festival (headliner)
Jun 3 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
Jun 10 – Madrid, ES @ Primavera Sound
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