Siavash Amini & Eugene Thacker close their 'Sad Poets' series with Vol. III
The third collaborative album layers Thacker's poems through synthesized voices, and includes a 19-minute tribute to Nikolaus Lenau. Out August 27.
BY JOLT Staff · Aug 27 2026 · 1 min readSiavash Amini and Eugene Thacker released 'Songs for Sad Poets, Vol. III' on August 27. It's the third collaborative album from the Tehran-based composer and Brooklyn author, arriving four years after their 2022 self-titled release.
Voice synthesis software reads Thacker's poetry, and Amini layers the results up to 40 times. The textures are stark and uncanny, with a 19-minute track dedicated to Nikolaus Lenau and shorter pieces for João da Cruz e Sousa and Hàn Mặc Tử.
The cover will appeal to fans of their earlier work.
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