Circuit Des Yeux

Circuit des Yeux (; born December 16, 1988) is the stage name of American vocalist, composer, and singer-songwriter Haley Fohr, based in Chicago. Her music is characterized by her 4-octave vocal range and 12-string guitar playing.

History Fohr was born in Lafayette, Indiana. She began releasing music as Circuit des Yeux in 2007. This debut LP was released in a limited edition by De Stijl. In the same year, Fohr released a 7-inch single on Dull Knife Records.

Fohr graduated from college in 2012 and relocated from Bloomington, Indiana, to Chicago, where she became involved in the city's music scene and began collaborating and recording with other artists in the area.

In 2014, Circuit des Yeux toured and played more than 100 shows with other folk and experimental musicians, including Loren Connors, Sir Richard Bishop, and Bill Callahan. In August 2016, Fohr was featured on the cover of The Wire for her work under the pseudonym Jackie Lynn. Meg Remy of U.S. Girls edited the video for the track "Paper Bag," a single on Reaching for Indigo. She created -io during the COVID-19 pandemic, and regarding the album, said "I was haunted by memories in the pandemic... As someone with PTSD, memories are all twisted up inside of me in a way that doesn't help my higher self. Making this album was once again an exercise of trying to relieve myself of some of that darkness in a way that music has always done for me." and she appeared at the End of the Road Festival in the UK in September "with a baritone that could beach a pod of whales and a falsetto that could calve icebergs".

Fohr released her seventh studio album, Halo on the Inside, on March 14, 2025, via Matador Records.

Musical styles and influences Fohr's music under her primary alias (Circuit des Yeux) is described as "haunting, emotionally complex music that relates to the human condition."

Jackie Lynn is a fictional persona of Haley Fohr, who releases music under the pseudonym. Portrait (2011) Overdue (2013) In Plain Speech (2015) Reaching For Indigo (2017) -io (2021) Halo on the Inside (2025)

EPs Reaching for Indigo: Gaia Infinitus (2019) Live from Chicago (2022)

Singles "Circuit Des Yeux" (2009) "Ode to Fidelity" (2010) "CDY3" (2013) "Stranger" (2015) "Dogma" (2021) "Sculpting the Exodus" (2021) "Vanishing" (2021) "The Manatee (A Story of This World Pt. III)" (2022) "God Dick" (2024)

Releases as Jackie Lynn Jackie Lynn - LP (2016) "Casino Queen" - Single (2020) "Shugar Water" - Single (2020) "Dream St." - Single (2020) Jaqueline - LP (2020) "Traveler's Code of Conduct (Acoustic)" b/w "Dream St. (Acoustic)" - Single (2022)