A couple weeks ago, Anna Calvi returned with news of a new project called Hunted, a series of reinterpretations of songs from her 2018 album Hunter. We've already heard one song from it -- a version of "Don't Beat The Girl Out Of My Boy," for which Calvi enlisted Courtney Barnett. Today, Calvi is back with another one: "Eden," this time featuring Charlotte Gainsbourg.
"Charlotte Gainsbourg has taught me so much as a singer, in how the most quiet of utterances can be the most dramatic and powerful of all," Calvi said in a press release. "When I was writing 'Eden' I had Charlotte’s voice in my head -- there’s a secrecy and quiet power to this song that always made me think of her. It’s a dream come true to have collaborated with her."
Besides the collaborations, the other difference between Hunter and Hunted is that the latter reportedly features more stripped-back renditions of these songs. As the closer of Hunter, "Eden" was already an atmospheric and contemplative track. Now, it's just a bit more sparse, the main guitar figure doing almost all the instrumental heavy lifting, while Calvi's voice intertwines with Gainsbourg's whispered readings of the lyrics. Check it out below.
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Hunted is out 3/6 on Domino.
