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Caroline Polachek

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You: Everasking Edition

    Coming in for a victory lap after releasing 2023’s highest-rated, most reviewed album, cultural force and pop innovator Caroline Polachek released the deluxe edition of her Grammy-nominated 2023 album 'Desire, I Want To Turn Into You: Everasking Edition' on February 14th, 2024, via Perpetual Novice / The Orchard. The Everasking Edition features a reworked version of one of the album’s most spellbinding tracks, “Butterfly Net” featuring Weyes Blood. Also included in the deluxe version of the album is the labyrinthine and feverishly rich “Dang” which took the internet by storm after her performance of it on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, becoming their most-viewed performance of 2023 and 2024. It also features two brand new songs "Meanwhile" and "Gambler's Prayer", a rework of the Default Genders song "Pharmacoma", and a gorgeous acoustic version of "I Believe" (her song in tribute to her friend Sophie). Co-producing many of the album’s tracks with artists like Danny L Harle, Polachek has delivered another installment of a body of work that showcases her range in artistry - dabbling in all the different elements of sonic bliss while transitioning seamlessly from track to track with Polachek’s signature range of vocals.

    To say that the standard edition of Desire, I Want To Turn Into You took the world by storm would be an understatement. Aside from securing a Grammy nomination for Best Engineered Album - Non-Classical and a Brit Award nomination for Solo International Artist, her sophomore album has brought Polachek to be featured in NPR’s Tiny Desk Series, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, all while achieving 110 million streams worldwide and featuring on Vogue, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Billboard, The Fader, Consequence, I-D, Stereogum, The New York Times, Elle, and Variety’s Best of 2023 lists; placing #1 on year-end lists by publications such as Pitchfork, DIY, Exclaim, and DORK.

    TRACK LISTING

    DISC 1
    SIDE A

    1. Welcome To My Island
    2. Pretty In Possible
    3. Bunny Is A Rider
    4. Sunset
    5. Crude Drawing Of An Angel
    SIDE B
    1. I Believe
    2. Fly To You (feat. Grimes & Dido)
    3. Blood And Butter
    4. Hopedrunk Everasking
    5. Butterfly Net
    6. Smoke
    7. Billions

    DISC 2
    SIDE C

    1. Dang
    2. Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In The Mouth

    Caroline Polachek

    Desire, I Want To Turn Into You

      Desire, I Want To Turn Into You is Polachek’s first album release since her 2019 experimental pop masterpiece PANG which cemented her as a generational talent. Her profile has grown exponentially since – landing her everywhere from the direct opening spot on Dua Lipa’s 2022 North American Future Nostalgia Tour, Coachella, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, Primavera, All Points East, Governors Ball, Pitchfork Music Festival and Outside Lands, and involved with campaigns & shows for Loewe, Dior, Eckhaus Latta and Chloé, to late night performances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Night Show with James Corden. Standout viral tracks like “So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings,” have contributed to the album’s 175M global streams and counting and ignited a dance trend on TikTok.

      STAFF COMMENTS

      Ethan says: Back in 2019, Caroline Polachek’s first fully-realised solo outing was a surprising-yet-welcome entry into the slowly emerging glitch and ‘hyperpop’ scene. By comparison, ‘Desire, I Want to Turn into You’ is an equally polished yet more outlandish attempt at pop perfection. Every track has some left-field eccentricity over a beautifully-executed synth-pop backing that keeps you thoroughly entertained, from the flamenco guitars of “Sunset”, to a children’s choir on my personal favourite track “Billions”, to even a bagpipe solo on “Blood and Butter”.

      That’s not to say that the album isn’t enjoyable as a standard synth-pop experience; production from hyperpop-aficionado Danny L. Harle ensures you’re filled with a desire to bounce around the room. However, no song on this project would work without the glue that is Caroline’s exceptional vocal performance, highlighted through a virtuosic solo in the opening seconds of the album. This opening moment guarantees you know what a talent-filled, delicate and charming listening experience you’re in for; and I guarantee you’ll listen again just for the choruses!

      TRACK LISTING

      Welcome To My Island
      Pretty In Possible
      Bunny Is A Rider
      Sunset
      Crude Drawing Of An Angel
      I Believe
      Fly To You
      Blood & Butter
      Hopedrunk Everasking
      Butterfly Net
      Smoke
      Billions 


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