On Friday (March 20), Calvi is set to release her EP ‘Is This All There Is?’, featuring collaborations with Berninger, Laurie Anderson, Iggy Pop and Perfume Genius – you can visit here to pre-order.
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Having already shared a taster of the record with the visceral new song ‘God’s Lonely Man’, she has now shared the EP’s title track. Originally written for Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II – but previously unreleased, Calvi asked The National frontman to work on a new version with her.
“This song is about the bravery it takes to hope,” she said of the track. “It’s the willingness to ask questions, even when knowing you’ll never get a definitive answer.”
As for what it was like to work with Berninger, Calvi added: “The tone of Matt’s voice has such an epic, almost ancient quality to it, which felt perfect for a song asking such a big existential question. We’re both searching for answers together, and yet somehow always apart, which I find beautiful.
“He brings an intimacy to the song that I couldn’t have imagined.
