Phantasmagoria in Blue

Description

‘Phantasmagoria in Blue’ is Mick Harvey’s 2023 album of duets in collaboration with Mexican artist Amanda Acevedo.The album contains 14 tracks sourced from existing duets, songs that previously were not duets, translations from Spanish and a sprinkling of original compositions. Thematically it explores the perennial themes of mortality, love and mankind’s search for meaning as well as an enthused engagement with the enigmatic and mythical. Harvey and Acevedo met several years ago in Mexico City, but it was during 2020/21 that the project burst into life, as ideas were exchanged across the oceans and through the ether. The resulting collection of songs is lush and sweeping in its emotional content and is full of nourishment for the imagination and the senses.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Creators of Rain – Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo
2. Indian Summer – Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo
3. I Lost Something in the Hills – Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo
4. Song to the Siren – Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo
5. Milk & Honey – Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo
6. Love Is a Battlefield – Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo
7. Al Alba – Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo
8. The Decadence of Lust – Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo
9. Phantasmagoria in Two – Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo
10. The Blue Unicorn – Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo
11. She Won’t – Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo