Collapso Calypso is the long-awaited third album from dreampop artist Chorusgirl. Initially planned for release in 2020, but the pandemic and a nervous breakdown brought everything to a screeching halt.

It took Silvi Wersing - aka Chorusgirl - the rest of 2020 and 2021 to rebuild her life and reconsider everything, including her music and the band.

She decided to relocate from London to her small hometown in Germany, to become a carer for her increasingly ill father and to take Chorusgirl back to its roots as a solo project, just like in 2014.

She revisited old demos and wrote a few more songs, and steadily worked to complete the album as an anchor at a time of turmoil.

With the album charting her progress back to health, she decided to call it Collapso Calypso, a riff on taking her despair for a dance.

The album includes a multitude of references from music and film and features Silvi's trademark self-reflective lyrics on the themes of coming through a crisis, grief, resilience, and ultimately letting go, or the inability thereof, all set to the sounds of 60s girl groups and her favourite bands from the 80s.

The release follows on from 2018 album Shimmer and Spin (Reckless Yes) and the self-titled 2015 debut (Fortuna Pop).

"Chorusgirl pertain to a certain kind of cold, detached dreaminess you'd associate with a label like 4AD in its prime: their overall sound being seemingly informed by Lush's successful hybrid of classic pop, fiery punk and shimmering soundscapes.

_ Yet, rather than reliving a sound there's a sense here that Chorusgirl are more intent on reinventing it.

Look no further than their debut self-titled LP for conviction." (8/10) Line of Best Fit "Chorusgirl's sound is distinctly London (although, more the London of the 80s than of now) but it's also the sound of escaping London.

(_) It's the feeling of sleeping with the bedroom window open for the first time in months and waking up with a fresh wafting across your face." Noisey "Chorusgirl explore universal themes with the catchiest of tunes, thundering rhythms, a wry sense of self and fascinating multi-meaning lyrics." (8/10) Louder Than War "There's no slack on the album - from the starting gate to the finish line, Chorusgirl bristle with static and nerves." _ Chorusgirl are simple, until they're not.

You might recognise the distant spirits, the razor chords, the surfy snarls. But where other bands coast on borrowed sound, Wersing bends it to her own life, creating a space that resonates with insight and empathy.

Ever felt separate from the human race? Be comforted, for here is your kind." (7/10) Drowned In Sound This is a record with teeth_ one of the most impressive first albums of a year rich in strong debuts." (5/5) NARC Magazine "Sparkling with bright rhythms and jangling pop_with hints of something shadier, bittersweet and more potent." London In Stereo "Lovingly smudged guitars" (7/10) Loud & Quiet