anna calvi releases her Ep ‘is this all there is’
today, Anna Calvi releases her astounding EP ‘Is This All There Is?’ featuring collaborations with Laurie Anderson, Iggy Pop, Perfume Genius and The National’s Matt Berninger.
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Is This All There Is? is the first instalment in a trilogy of records which explore identity as a metamorphosis, shaped and reshaped through the experience of falling in love. This was inspired by Calvi’s own perspective shift after becoming a parent. On the EP, 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? “Having a child was so transformative it made me consider the possibility that everything in life could potentially shift, and that is scary but incredibly freeing. I didn’t want to take anything for granted any more. I want to exist in the best way for my child. I wanted to ask the most basic human question - is this all there is?”
“Is This All There Is?” is the third song to be shared from the EP following the electrifying “God’s Lonely Man” featuring Iggy Pop and Calvi’s exquisite duet with Perfume Genius on their “I See A Darkness” cover. On the as of yet unheard fourth track, Calvi reimagines Kraftwerk’s classic “Computer Love” alongside Laurie Anderson. With Anderson’s iconic voice at its centre and Calvi’s eerie choral arrangements creating space and shadow, it becomes a reflection on digital intimacy and emotional absence. Following her work scoring Peaky Blinders and composing two operas with visionary director Robert Wilson, the forthcoming EP plays like a cinematic soundscape — a four-song film arc populated by vivid characters. “Scoring the final two seasons of Peaky Blinders really altered how I create music. I always used to imagine my songs as mini films, but with this EP I wanted to explore a narrative which could exist throughout all the songs.”
