Excerpts from a Love Circus

Following the harrowing vulnerability of Geek the Girl, Lisa Germano’s follow-up was the decidedly more welcoming Excerpts from a Love Circus, released by 4AD in September 1996. Like its title suggests, Love Circus chronicles the emotional roller coaster of a relationship, and deepened Lisa’s reputation for creating emotionally complex, genre-defying music and her penchant for sarcasm. The album introduced a dreamier and more playful sound, though the sorrow and surrealism remained intact. True to its name, the entire album has carnival-like quality to it; it’s rich in texture, with whispered vocals, toy piano, layered violin, and field recordings—complete with contributions .

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