--- product_id: 52902999 title: "CYRK [VINYL]" brand: "cate le bon" price: "€ 0.15" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/52902999-cyrk-vinyl store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # CYRK [VINYL] **Brand:** cate le bon **Price:** € 0.15 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** CYRK [VINYL] by cate le bon - **How much does it cost?** € 0.15 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/52902999-cyrk-vinyl) ## Best For - cate le bon enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted cate le bon brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Review "Cut a remote island in two and place one half to your ear…" is how Cate Le Bon sells this album. That's a pretty esoteric description, but as you listen to the Welshwoman's second LP, it starts to make sense. Cyrk is a curious musical brew that blends Velvet Underground-style shaggy jangles with a kind of bucolic psych-folk sound. There are also some unexpected embellishments: parping brass at the end of Greta, Mike Garson-ish piano on Through the Mill, blasts of sax to round off two-part album closer Ploughing Out.If the album's metaphorical land mass is remote, it's also rather eerie. The mid-tempo drone of Julia could soundtrack an age-old pagan ritual, while Greta is pretty spooky stuff for a song about a baby niece. "You existed in moonlight before you were born," Le Bon croons over a heavy fog of a synth line.This ominous atmosphere is intensified by Le Bon's clipped, Nico-like vocals and largely ambiguous lyrics. The Cardiff-based chanteuse – a sort of protégé of Gruff Rhys from Super Furry Animals – has developed a set method of songwriting. She pens her melodies first; then she mouths the sounds that she wants her lyrics to emulate; but she doesn't finish them until the night before recording. As a result, her songs don't really tell straightforward stories; they paint impressionistic pictures instead. Le Bon's not averse to the odd nifty couplet though. "What I hoped for most / Was to be his greatest host," she sings on The Man I Wanted, a song which perfectly captures the thick, oppressive nature of romantic desire.Cyrk is as idiosyncratic as an album named after the Polish word for circus probably ought to be, but it's not inaccessible. Songs like Fold the Cloth, Puts Me to Work and Through the Mill are underpinned by ringing guitar hooks and Le Bon speckles everything with pretty (if pretty unsettling) vocal melodies. The result is a rare beast: a genuinely off-kilter pop record that never feels too self-conscious or contrived. --Nick Levine Find more music at the BBC This link will take you off in a new window ## Images ![CYRK [VINYL] - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/518PrBTjQNL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Welsh pyschedelia *by J***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 May 2012* More of Cate Le Bon's highly disciplined creativity. This isn't a million miles from her first album, My Oh My. The rhythms remain uncomplicated, the arrangements simple and sparse: the pleasure lies in the melodies (I think the melodic lines have a deep relationship to Welsh speech patterns), and in her gorgeous, natural voice. Check out her videos at: [...]Note that the vinyl *does* come with an MP3 download code (at least mine did), but it's lightweight vinyl. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fold the cloth is brilliant *by S***M on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 April 2015* Three stars for some of it, six stars for most of it. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Bought For My Daughter *by G***I on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 June 2014* Listened to this once and came to the conclusion It was another of my daughters weird pres ents. Having said that though I thought the 2nd Half was better than the first. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/52902999-cyrk-vinyl](https://www.desertcart.be/products/52902999-cyrk-vinyl) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-05-06*